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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sandhurst Building Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9FZ
Received 28 Nov 2014Land West Of Carlisle Road Ferniegair ML3 7UE
Received 19 Nov 2014The Hayloft East Browncastle Strathaven ML10 6QW
Received 17 Nov 2014159 Glasgow Road East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4PA
Received 18 Nov 201445 Allendale East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4JD
Received 15 Jan 201522 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BG
Received 12 Jan 201521 Quarry Road Law Carluke ML8 5HB
Received 25 Nov 2014Plot 1 Next To No. 34 Holm Road Crossford
Received 5 Nov 2014The Windsor 3 Castle Street Hamilton ML3 6BU
Received 1 Oct 201443 Brouster Hill East Kilbride G74 1AG
Received 30 Sept 20149 South Park Grove Biggar ML12 6GJ
Received 30 Sept 20142 Turnpike Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YD
Received 30 Sept 201461 Furrow Crescent Cambuslang G72 6WN
Received 30 Jun 201670 Northway Blantyre G72 9HU
Received 16 Mar 2016Land To Rear Of 26 Market Place And 2 Market Road Carluke ML8 4BP
Received 29 Oct 2015Clanalba House A702 From Abington A73 At Duneatonfoot To A72 At Biggar Lamington Biggar ML12 6HP
Received 2 Jul 201516 Lime Walk Carstairs Lanark ML11 8PX
Received 20 May 2015Croftfoot Coldstream Road Carluke ML8 4QX
Received 28 Apr 2015Fairholm Lodge Carlisle Road Larkhall ML9 2UQ
Received 24 Apr 2015Grazing Land To The South East Of Logoch Farm
Received 3 Feb 2015Land To The South And East Of Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 7 Oct 2015Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 10 Sept 201530 Gillbank Avenue Carluke ML8 5UW
Received 3 Dec 2014Springside Equestrian Centre Sunnyside Road Larkhall
Received 7 Nov 2014Records 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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