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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
30,343 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ashfield House Southfield Road Tillietudlem Lesmahagow ML11 9PL
Received 8 Sept 201510 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre G72 9UN
Received 8 Sept 20159 Springfield Gate East Kilbride G75 9QB
Received 7 Sept 20151 Croftbank Crescent Bothwell G71 8RS
Received 4 Sept 20155 Fyne Crescent Larkhall ML9 2UW
Received 2 Sept 201540 Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QB
Received 27 Aug 2015Glentaggart Near Glespin
Received 26 Aug 2015Greenbank 24 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BD
Received 25 Aug 2015Plots 4 & 5 Blackwood Estate ML11 0JG
Received 21 Aug 2015Disused Coach House Blackwood ML11 0JG
Received 21 Aug 20151 Warren Road Hamilton ML3 7QJ
Received 24 Aug 201511 Cadzow Street Larkhall ML9 2AY
Received 21 Aug 2015Middle Muir North West Of Crawfordjohn South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Aug 2015Unit 10 C (Phase 4) Cadzow Gate 226 - 232 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 14 Aug 2015Former Camps Sawmill Office Camps Reservoir Crawford Biggar ML12 6UD
Received 20 Aug 201511 Loch Laxford East Kilbride G74 2DL
Received 12 Aug 201580 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7LA
Received 16 Apr 201452 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 16 Apr 20149 Princes Gate Bothwell G71 8SP
Received 7 Apr 2014Knotlairs Farm Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RR
Received 14 Mar 2014North Vennel S/O 18 To 23 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PA
Received 8 Jan 2014Ross Tip Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 8 Jan 2014Rigfoot Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 7 Jan 20146 Badu Place Kirkmuirhill ML11 9GY
Received 6 Jan 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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