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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 London Street Larkhall ML9 1AQ
Received 15 Jul 2015Plot 1 Craigenhill Residential Development Smiddy Cottage Kilncadzow ML8 4QS
Received 14 Jul 2015188A Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QR
Received 15 Jul 2015West High Cross Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QY
Received 20 Jul 2015Land Adj To Candermains Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse
Received 17 Jul 2015Meadowhall Boghall Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PF
Received 1 Jul 2015School House Langholm Road Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 23 Jun 201558-64 South Mall East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 201530 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7HF
Received 9 Feb 20158 Manse Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8PZ
Received 22 Jan 2015Bent Cemetery Lodge Bent Cemetery Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6PY
Received 9 Nov 2015East Hallside Farm Hallside Road Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7XE
Received 6 Nov 2015Plot 5, Holm Road, Crossford
Received 22 Oct 201534 Buchanan Drive Burnside Rutherglen G73 3PE
Received 25 Apr 2017119 Carnwath Road Carluke ML8 4DP
Received 17 Mar 201722 Bishop Gardens Hamilton ML3 7YF
Received 16 Mar 20177 St Teiling Lanark ML11 7HY
Received 16 Mar 20176 West Scott Terrace Hamilton ML3 6SG
Received 16 Mar 2017The Sergeants Mess Robertson Drive Lanark ML11 9ZS
Received 9 Mar 2017Newlands Cottage Grove East Kilbride G75 8RS
Received 28 Feb 2017Lamington Mains Lamington ML12 6MW
Received 9 Feb 20171 Baxter Lane Lanark ML11 7AF
Received 2 Feb 2017Windhill Farm House Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PN
Received 20 Jan 201726 Station Gate Netherburn ML9 3FD
Received 16 Jan 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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