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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
30,350 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Braxfield Terrace Lanark ML11 9BZ
Received 23 Jun 2014Thorniehill 301 Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 14 Mar 2014Land West Of Milton Farm Teiglum Road Lesmahagow
Received 13 Mar 2014Kersewell Estate Near Carnwath ML11 8LG
Received 7 Mar 20148 Kirkland Park Strathaven ML10 6AR
Received 7 Mar 2014Rhuallan Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PG
Received 6 Mar 20143 Muirhall Steadings Auchengray ML11 8GX
Received 4 Feb 2014203-205 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 3 Feb 201446 Macfarlane Crescent Cambuslang G72 7GG
Received 3 Feb 201416 Rosevale Crescent Hamilton ML3 8NX
Received 25 Apr 20147 Graham Place Ashgill ML9 3BA
Received 25 Apr 2014Plot 5 - Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 24 Apr 201475 Craig Street Blantyre G72 0NH
Received 17 Apr 2014Broadwood Craighead Road Abington Biggar ML12 6SQ
Received 10 Apr 2014Biggar Museum 9 Kirkstyle Biggar ML12 6DT
Received 9 Apr 201418 Gardenside Street Uddingston Glasgow G71 7BY
Received 9 Apr 201416 Alder Avenue Hamilton ML3 7LN
Received 8 Apr 2014Guildhouse Farm Forth ML11 8EU
Received 3 Apr 2014Leapark Cobblehaugh Farm Cobblehaugh Road Lanark ML11 8SG
Received 1 Apr 2014Avonhill Nurseries 70 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TX
Received 12 Mar 201412 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 3 Mar 2014Clydegrove Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 24 Feb 201457 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AH
Received 10 Feb 201457 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3JQ
Received 6 Feb 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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