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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
30,390 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tao Ha Cottage Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 26 Jul 2017Clyde Windfarm
Received 13 Mar 2015Clyde Windfarm
Received 13 Mar 201536 School Street Hamilton ML3 6SD
Received 18 Feb 2015Telephone Exchange 7 Green Road Rutherglen G73 1BX
Received 27 Jan 201540 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1NS
Received 26 Nov 2014Rosehill House Marlage Nurseries Hill Road Marlage Netherburn
Received 3 Oct 201461 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 8 Sept 2014Vacant Site At Balloch Mill Business Park Ballochmill Road Rutherglen G73 1PT
Received 5 Sept 2014Bay Horse 39 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AS
Received 4 Mar 2015Muirhall Farm C203 From Woolfords To A70 At Carnwath Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 26 Feb 201575 London Street Larkhall ML9 1AQ
Received 28 Jan 20158 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 4 Dec 201447 Marshall Street Larkhall
Received 27 Nov 2014Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 27 Nov 2014100 Strathaven Road Lesmahagow ML11 0DW
Received 27 Nov 2014Nairn Street Recreation Area Nairn Street Larkhall
Received 18 Nov 201412 Clydeview Bothwell G71 8NN
Received 12 Nov 2014Vacant Land At 13 Broomhill Gate Larkhall ML9 3ED
Received 13 Oct 2014Cartland Bridge Hotel Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9UF
Received 2 Oct 201425 Nethan Place Hamilton ML3 7TG
Received 24 Sept 2014Newton Farm (Areas 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E) Cambuslang
Received 22 Sept 20142 Penrioch Drive East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 2014Hungry Horse Hunters Stewartfield Crescent East Kilbride G74 4US
Received 14 Aug 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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