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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
30,358 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 7 5C Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 27 Jan 201457 Drygate Street Larkhall ML9 2DA
Received 10 Mar 20141 Leechlee Road Brandon Gate And Roundabout At Palace Ground Retail Park Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 2014191 Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9SB
Received 12 Jun 2014Unit 10 Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 10 Jun 2014Land To The North Of Albion Court Biggar
Received 9 Jun 2014Priory Crescent Blackwood
Received 10 Jun 2014Hillcroft Blair Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QN
Received 10 Jun 2014104 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7QA
Received 10 Jun 201433 Fernslea Avenue Blantyre G72 9PN
Received 10 Jun 201438 Armour Court Blantyre G72 9TS
Received 12 May 201454 Main Street Forth ML11 8BS
Received 12 May 201454 Main Street Forth ML11 8BS
Received 12 May 201425 Stanhope Drive Burnside Rutherglen G73 5AH
Received 8 May 2014The Bully Inn 2 Store Row Quarter ML3 7XU
Received 8 May 2014Rosebank Nursery Rosebank Clyde Valley ML8 5QB
Received 8 May 20146 Duchess Court Hamilton ML3 7DW
Received 8 May 2014Lanark Tennis Club Chapland Road Lanark ML11 7QL
Received 8 May 201440 Linnhe Avenue Hamilton ML3 8UL
Received 8 May 2014Newton Farm Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 10 Feb 2014Grounds Of Zed Cars 1 New Road Cambuslang G72 7PU
Received 12 Dec 2013Rob Roy Caravan Park 120 Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TW
Received 12 Dec 20133 Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 3 Dec 201328 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DS
Received 2 Dec 2013Records 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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