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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
30,369 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7AF
Received 2 Oct 2014Kings Inn Steading Kings Inn Farm Easter Yardhouses Road Auchengray Lanark ML11 8LL
Received 18 Sept 2014The Murray The Murray Square East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0BH
Received 16 Sept 201482 Lyttleton East Kilbride Glasgow G75 9BS
Received 4 Sept 20145 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston G71 7AT
Received 30 Sept 2016Land Adjacent To 80 John Street Larkhall
Received 9 Sept 20166 Beecroft Place Blantyre G72 9HQ
Received 2 Sept 2016Mansefield House 18 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JZ
Received 10 Aug 2016Harryburn Wind Farm, 1.3KM East Of Leadhills, 1KM South-West Of Crawford, Leadhills Road Elvanfoot
Received 13 Jun 2016Area Of Ground Between Hillcrest And Hayhill Cottage Thorntonhall
Received 31 May 2016140 Raploch Street Larkhall ML9 1AL
Received 24 May 201632 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 16 May 20169 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 31 Mar 201610 Buchanan Crescent Hamilton ML3 8LL
Received 2 Mar 2016Site To The North Of St James Avenue Accessed From Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 29 Feb 201625 Durward East Kilbride G74 3PB
Received 6 Aug 201579 Rosevale Crescent Hamilton ML3 8NX
Received 9 Sept 2014Unit 2 Block 1 Baird Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall ML9 2PJ
Received 29 Jul 201422 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 2 Sept 2016Bonnet Knowe Nursery Covington Road Newtown Of Covington Biggar
Received 29 Aug 201659 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 19 Aug 201660 Keswick Road East Kilbride G75 8QX
Received 19 Aug 2016121 Lanark Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QQ
Received 12 Aug 20162 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 15 Aug 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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