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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
30,367 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Side Of 49A Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6LX
Received 22 Feb 2017High Flyers Community Childcare 9 Hallside Road Cambuslang G72 7XE
Received 5 Oct 201729 Oakbank Crescent Uddingston G71 7FE
Received 21 Mar 2017The Old Chapel Dolphinton EH46 7HH
Received 30 Mar 201614 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell G71 8SB
Received 29 Feb 2016Land At Cambuslang Road Glasgow G72 7TS
Received 2 Dec 2016Former Site Of Carluke Primary School Belstane Gate Carluke ML8 4BG
Received 11 Nov 201650 Barrmore Avenue Carluke ML8 4PE
Received 14 Sept 201634 Neuk Drive East Kilbride G74 4FH
Received 5 Sept 2016Academical Vaults 26 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AA
Received 23 Jun 201664 Brankston Avenue Stonehouse ML9 3JF
Received 14 Jun 201610 Auchnotroch Road Crossford ML8 5QL
Received 25 Apr 2016Gilkerscleuch East Abington
Received 11 Apr 2016103 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen G73 1EE
Received 25 Feb 2016Crookboat Farm Sandilands ML11 9TN
Received 8 Jan 201619A Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NT
Received 21 Dec 2015130 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AU
Received 3 Dec 20159 Cairnban Court Carluke ML8 5RY
Received 2 Dec 2015Mill House 3 Old Mill Lane Uddingston G71 7PD
Received 24 Nov 20152 Lanark Road And Land To The West Crossford
Received 30 Oct 2015Flat 1 Fairfield Lodge 28 Green Street Bothwell G71 8RJ
Received 27 Aug 2015Orchard Cottage Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 2UA
Received 4 Aug 2015Terracotta House Fullwood Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QS
Received 2 Apr 2015West Drumloch Farm Thorn Highway Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SH
Received 30 Mar 2015Records 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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