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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
30,348 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Main Street Symington ML12 6LL
Received 2 May 201410 Glebe Wynd Bothwell
Received 7 May 2014St Kilda Braehead Douglas ML11 Opt
Received 1 May 2014Glenisla Drive Carluke ML8 4RS
Received 18 Feb 20142 Deep Dale East Kilbride G74 4NH
Received 19 May 201444 Main Street Braehead Lanark ML11 8EZ
Received 16 May 201450 Spruce Drive Cambuslang
Received 14 May 2014Jackson Street Glassford ML10 6
Received 15 Apr 2014Unit 5 1 Technology Avenue Hamilton Intl Tech PK Blantyre G72 0HT
Received 14 Feb 2014Hill Rig Community Windfarm North Of Lanark
Received 12 Feb 2014Manse Road West And North Of Stonehouse Stonehouse
Received 2 Apr 2014Troloss Farm Elvanfoot Biggar ML12 6TH
Received 1 Apr 2014Proposed Dwelling House - Between 39 And Springside Farm Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven
Received 17 Mar 201460 Scott Street Hamilton ML3 6SE
Received 4 Feb 201430 - 36 Princes Mall East Kilbride G74 1JU
Received 20 Jun 201416 Springhill Road Douglas Lanark ML11 0QY
Received 19 Jun 2014St Josephs Church Mayberry Place Blantyre G72 9DA
Received 6 Mar 2014Former Esso Petrol Station Kingsway East Kilbride G72 3DS
Received 6 Mar 20149 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 6 Mar 201497 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AG
Received 20 Jan 2014Murray Court Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton ML3 9SL
Received 13 Jan 20144 Cairn Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4NQ
Received 3 Jan 20148 Birks Court Law Carluke ML8 5HZ
Received 2 Jan 2014Tarbrax Parish Church Tarbrax Road Tarbrax EH55 8XA
Received 3 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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