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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Star Inn 6 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 15 Jul 201683 Sycamore Place East Kilbride G75 9JU
Received 8 Jul 2016Greenlea Caravan Storage Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RU
Received 29 Jun 2016Plot 3 Holm Road Crossford
Received 31 May 2016Block 6 Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate High Blantyre G72 0UP
Received 25 May 20161 Priory Drive Uddingston G71 7DR
Received 25 May 2016329 Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UU
Received 8 Mar 201611 Bowling Green Road Strathaven ML10 6DR
Received 1 Mar 201629 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride G74 1NS
Received 1 Mar 2016Meadowhall Boghall Road Braidwood ML8 5PF
Received 27 Sept 201710 Hunston Avenue Hamilton ML3 9FP
Received 28 Sept 2017110 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 18 Aug 2017110 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 18 Aug 2017Land 123M Wnw Of Asheytele Millrig Road Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Aug 2017204 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9NS
Received 11 Aug 2017Little Cottage Nursery Manse Road Symington Biggar ML12 6LN
Received 28 Jun 20173 Craigenhill Park Drive Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4SD
Received 22 Jun 20177 Woodlands Crescent Bothwell G71 8PX
Received 9 Jun 201724 Marshall Grove Hamilton ML3 8NW
Received 9 Jun 20179 Langside Road Bothwell G71 8NG
Received 10 May 201744 John Street Blantyre G72 0JF
Received 19 Apr 201716A Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AS
Received 12 Apr 2017Unit 11 - Block 4 Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72 0UP
Received 29 Mar 20171 Wellwood Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0DD
Received 24 Mar 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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