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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of South Lanarkshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official South Lanarkshire website
30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
8 Green Street Bothwell G71 8RN
Received 3 Mar 2015118 - 122 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AX
Received 7 Nov 201433 Albany Drive Lanark ML11 9AG
Received 7 Nov 2014South Torfoot Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QG
Received 24 Feb 2017Gillfoot Nursery Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PY
Received 25 Jul 201795 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7NT
Received 25 Jul 2017Hallhill Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TS
Received 21 Jun 201792 Margaretvale Drive Larkhall ML9 1EH
Received 30 May 201744 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6HF
Received 18 May 2017Land At Bartie Gardens Ashgill Larkhall
Received 11 May 201715 McCallum Place East Kilbride G74 4SL
Received 23 Jul 201515 Baillie Drive East Kilbride G74 3JZ
Received 21 Jul 201545 Beckford Street Hamilton ML3 0BT
Received 21 Jul 20151 Darvel Grove Blantyre G72 0JU
Received 21 Jul 2015Land To Rear Of 22 Cleghorn Road Lanark
Received 17 Jul 2015B7070 Nethermoss Cleugh Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6TQ
Received 15 Jun 201515 Ermelo Gardens East Kilbride G75 9PD
Received 11 Jun 2015Land At Auchenbeg West Of Glaikhead Farm Coalburn
Received 1 Apr 2015Land Associated With Mount Farm Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QL
Received 17 Feb 201571-73 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 30 Jan 201576 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 30 Jan 20152 Brendon Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 9GT
Received 5 Jan 201512 Maclean Place East Kilbride G74 4TQ
Received 5 Jan 2015Rigfoot Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 5 Jan 2015Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for South Lanarkshire, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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