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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Heatheryhall Farm Covington Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NF
Received 26 May 201650-52 Loch Loyal St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2DE
Received 28 Apr 2016Eco Campus Stephenson Place Hamilton International Technology Park Hamilton G72 0LH
Received 5 Apr 20161 Rodger Drive Rutherglen G73 3QZ
Received 21 Mar 201636A Broomgate Lanark ML11 9EE
Received 8 Mar 2016Angels Hotel 114 Main Street Uddingston G71 7HZ
Received 2 Feb 2016Woodside Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AA
Received 29 Jan 2016Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse ML9 3PR
Received 26 Nov 2015Heads Point Nursery Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PL
Received 19 Nov 2015Unit 1 Cathcart Industrial Estate Thomson Court Rutherglen G73 2RR
Received 11 Nov 2015St Ninians Road Hamilton
Received 6 Nov 2015Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G74 4GT
Received 13 Oct 2015Gillfoot Nursery Waygateshaw Road Carluke ML8 5PY
Received 25 Feb 201539 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FG
Received 5 Nov 20145 Dunscore Brae Hamilton ML3 9DH
Received 31 Oct 201422 Allan Avenue Carluke ML8 5UA
Received 12 Jan 20187 Thomson Grove Cambuslang G72 7JT
Received 29 Nov 201725 Calderside Grove East Kilbride G74 3SP
Received 16 Nov 201720 Muirbank Gardens Rutherglen G73 2DL
Received 10 Nov 20175 Station Court Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3GD
Received 30 Oct 20172 Freeneuk Lane Cambuslang G72 7JW
Received 20 Oct 2017Plot 3 Boat Farm Boat Road Thankerton ML12 6NU
Received 3 Oct 2017Bizzyberry Biggarshiels Road Biggar ML12 6RE
Received 20 Sept 2017105 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PL
Received 21 Jul 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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