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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
30,411 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Vacant Land Adjacent To 1 Barefield Street Larkhall ML9 2BY
Received 5 Apr 20178 Glen Mark East Kilbride G74 3UT
Received 29 Mar 201725 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6PY
Received 30 Mar 201720 Hawthorn Walk Cambuslang G72 7AB
Received 16 Mar 201725 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 2 Feb 201715 Primrose Avenue Larkhall ML9 1JX
Received 24 Jan 201741 Carlisle Road Hamilton ML3 7BZ
Received 28 Dec 20165 Brightside Avenue Uddingston G71 7NF
Received 13 Dec 201631 Langlea Drive Cambuslang G72
Received 18 Oct 20165 Underwood Road Rutherglen G73 3TE
Received 17 Oct 2016Lornebank Care Centre 3 Lorne Street Hamilton ML3 9AB
Received 7 Oct 201615 Fairholm Street Larkhall ML9 1DQ
Received 15 Sept 201616-20 Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 16 Aug 2016Junction Of A702 And Daer Road Situated Approximately 3.5KM South Of Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 10 Aug 2016Plot 5 Muirhouse Lane Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 9 Aug 201628 Southfield Road Blackwood ML11 9SA
Received 5 Aug 20162 Elmwood Manor Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8EA
Received 8 Jul 2016East Mavisbrae Stonebyres Lanark
Received 25 Apr 2017Land At Garelwood Farm, Carlisle Road, Kirkmuirhill
Received 21 Apr 2017West Quarter Farm Yeildshields Carluke
Received 18 Apr 20171 Berriedale Path Blantyre G72 0GE
Received 13 Jul 201558 Maclean Place East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4TQ
Received 6 Jul 2015Newton Brae Cambuslang G72 7UW
Received 30 Jun 2015Garrelwood Farm Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 0HX
Received 6 Nov 2014Records 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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