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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Auld Byre Auchtygemmel Farm Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XH
Received 3 Nov 201621 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NP
Received 25 Oct 2016Land Behind Grenadier Park Cambuslang G72 8EP
Received 1 Jun 201639 Reid Street Hamilton ML3 0RG
Received 20 May 20163 Summerhill Avenue Larkhall ML9 2HB
Received 6 May 2016Plot Adjoining Braeside Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 4 May 201638 Hills Road Strathaven ML10 6LQ
Received 28 Apr 201623 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DS
Received 16 Feb 2016Site South Of And Including 16 West Mains Road College Milton East Kilbride G74 1PJ
Received 25 Jan 20169 Silvermuir Holdings Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 29 Dec 2015The Larkfield 100 Broompark Road Blantyre G72 9RN
Received 29 Dec 2015Peel Road Thorntonhall
Received 1 Dec 2015Land At Redwood Crescent Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 26 Nov 20157 Albert Park Braidwood Carluke ML8 4RZ
Received 26 Nov 201512 Fenwick Drive Hamilton ML3 7YG
Received 8 Apr 2015Beejay Mobility 12-16 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6DG
Received 4 Mar 2015Greenhall View Hamilton Road Blantyre Glasgow G72 9UD
Received 3 Sept 201429 Novar Street Hamilton ML3 6TG
Received 4 Apr 2017St Brides R C Church Whitemoss Avenue East Kilbride G74 1NN
Received 17 Jul 2015100 Acacia Way Cambuslang G72 7ZY
Received 13 Jul 2015Plot 15 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 25 Jun 201566 Loch Assynt East Kilbride G74 2DW
Received 25 Mar 2015Clyde Windfarm
Received 13 Mar 201589 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 24 Feb 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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