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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 16 Sept 2015Monteith House The Avenue Carstairs ML11 8QP
Received 2 Sept 201542 Huntly Gardens West Craigs Blantyre G72 0GW
Received 2 Sept 201593 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 1 Sept 201515 Burns Gate Cambuslang G72 8SY
Received 1 Sept 201543 Polden Avenue East Kilbride G74 9GX
Received 1 Sept 20157 Springfield Gate East Kilbride G75 9QB
Received 18 Aug 201520 Copperwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 0RL
Received 27 Nov 2017Almada Grove Gardens Almada Grove Hamilton South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Nov 2017The Stables 3 East Mains Holdings Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 16 Nov 201710 Chestnut Walk Strathaven ML10 6GY
Received 10 Nov 2017Unit 64C The Plaza Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 28 Sept 2017School Road Sandford
Received 1 Sept 20176 Crawford Crescent Uddingston G71 7DP
Received 1 Sept 2017Hopetoun Arms 37 Main Street Leadhills Biggar South Lanarkshire ML12 6XP
Received 15 Aug 201710 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 29 May 201510 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 29 May 201589 Elder Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7GL
Received 30 Apr 2015Goremire Road Carluke
Received 21 Apr 20151 Hillcrest View Larkhall ML9 2HX
Received 27 Feb 201527 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8JU
Received 8 Jun 2017The Plaza Tower The Plaza Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 31 May 20177 Elm Way Larkhall ML9 2BD
Received 30 May 20175 Barassie Court Bothwell G71 8UH
Received 10 May 2017Records 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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