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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 - 7 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1NY
Received 12 Sept 201416 Flemington Avenue Strathaven ML10 6FJ
Received 2 Sept 2014Annsfield Farm Strathaven Road Hamilton ML3 7UU
Received 19 Aug 2014Hungry Horse Oystercatcher Lindsayfield Road Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9DE
Received 15 Aug 2014Ardoch/Letham Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0HJ
Received 4 Aug 201479 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QE
Received 4 Aug 2014Sandilandgate Farm Carluke ML8 5PZ
Received 25 Jul 2014186 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EN
Received 14 Jul 20145 Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6LU
Received 11 Aug 201726 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 25 Jul 201739 Marquis Avenue Hamilton ML3 0PU
Received 29 Jun 201716 Luss Brae Hamilton ML3 9UW
Received 11 May 201719 Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0QD
Received 9 May 20172 Manor Gate Bothwell G71 8QZ
Received 30 Nov 2016Land To East Of Scotia Crescent Larkhall
Received 23 Nov 201653 Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 21 Nov 201673-75 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AG
Received 9 Nov 2016Land At Potters Way Rutherglen
Received 3 Nov 2016Mid Crosshill Farm Langlands Road Auldhouse Glasgow G75 0QQ
Received 27 Oct 20161 Orchard Avenue Bothwell G71 8NF
Received 13 Nov 20177 Tiree St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2DR
Received 13 Sept 20173 Anford Terrace Auchinraith Road Blantyre G72 0QH
Received 18 Aug 201798 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PW
Received 11 Aug 20174 Fife Crescent Bothwell G71 8DG
Received 9 Aug 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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