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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Grammar School Walk Uddingston G71 7BE
Received 1 Aug 201614 Margarets Place Larkhall ML9 2HQ
Received 1 Aug 201623 Thistle Crescent Larkhall ML9 2PX
Received 1 Jul 20166 Stein Terrace Ferniegair
Received 1 Jul 2016124 Elder Crescent Cambuslang G72 7GL
Received 22 Jun 201640 Castle Street Hamilton ML3 6BU
Received 16 Jun 20165 Ermelo Gardens East Kilbride G75 9PD
Received 3 Jun 2016Blackwoodyett Boghead Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0HZ
Received 18 May 20161 Elder Drive Cambuslang G72 7GY
Received 18 Apr 2016100 King Street Rutherglen G73 1JS
Received 1 Feb 20163 Kerr Street Blantyre G72 9AW
Received 7 Jun 201648 McNeil Street Larkhall
Received 3 Jun 201661 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 3 Jun 201622 Raploch Street Larkhall ML9 1AE
Received 3 Jun 20164 Deneburn Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YG
Received 14 Nov 2014School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 25 Jul 2014Boat Farm Boat Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NU
Received 18 Jul 20145 - 7 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1NY
Received 5 May 2015Fishescoates Service Station East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5DU
Received 10 Nov 201619 Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 13 Oct 2016Premier Inn Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8LW
Received 4 Oct 2016Aikmanhill Farm Lintfieldbank ML11 0NJ
Received 23 Aug 2016Daer Road Situated Approximately 4KM South Of Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 10 Aug 201658 Belstane Road Carluke ML8 4BG
Received 27 Jul 2016Records 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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