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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
30,370 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Huntlybank Cottages Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SD
Received 7 Mar 201746 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 23 Feb 201748 North Back Road Biggar ML12 6EJ
Received 3 Feb 201717 Cadzow Drive Cambuslang G72 8ND
Received 31 Jan 2017Ground To West Of 110 Park Road Carnwath
Received 6 Jan 2017Yard Strathaven Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0GN
Received 30 Dec 2016Wee Bush Inn 99 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HH
Received 16 Dec 201653 Buchandyke Road East Kilbride G74 3BN
Received 8 Dec 201615 Stonedyke Crescent Carluke ML8 4EY
Received 5 Oct 20165 Braefoot Lane Uddingston G71 7PP
Received 19 Sept 201622 Libberton Mains Libberton Lanark ML11 8FG
Received 16 Sept 20163 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 11 Jun 20153 Buchanan Drive Carluke ML8 4RN
Received 11 Jun 201516 Hallside Avenue Cambuslang G72 7DR
Received 11 Jun 201524 Newtonhead Road Rigside Lanark ML11 9NB
Received 10 Jun 2015Unit D Watt Place Hamilton Technology Park Blantyre G72 0AH
Received 5 Jun 201588 High Street Lanark ML11 7ET
Received 4 Jun 20154 Nursery Avenue Douglas Lanark ML11 0QD
Received 2 Apr 2015Halfmerke And West Mains Primary School Logie Park East Kilbride G74 4BU
Received 1 Apr 20152 Downfield Gardens Bothwell G71 8UW
Received 23 Mar 201521 Farm Court Bothwell G71 8BU
Received 23 Mar 2015Hamilton International Park Blantyre
Received 10 Feb 201523 Barnhill Drive Hamilton ML3 9EZ
Received 14 Oct 20144 Delves Road Lanark ML11 9DU
Received 3 Oct 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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