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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
30,363 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Site Adj To 11 Southfield Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 9SA
Received 13 Mar 201721 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 13 Mar 201768 Bryce Gardens Larkhall ML9 1HQ
Received 1 Mar 201718 Meadow Close East Kilbride G75 9LT
Received 27 Feb 201717 Ashmore Avenue Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GJ
Received 22 Feb 20179 Den Bak Avenue Hamilton ML3 8DA
Received 22 Feb 2017Land At Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NT
Received 3 Feb 201729 Morag Riva Court Uddingston G71 7BF
Received 3 Feb 201764 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PJ
Received 3 Feb 2017215 High Street Biggar ML12 6DJ
Received 30 Jan 2017Hawthorn Cottage Lamington Biggar ML12 6HW
Received 11 Jan 201725 Moss Side Avenue Carluke ML8 5UG
Received 12 Dec 2016The Hay Stook 26 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1JU
Received 9 Dec 2016Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 21 Nov 2016Pentland View Forth Lanark ML11 8ES
Received 26 Jun 201717 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AU
Received 19 Jun 2017Auchtygemmel Farm Cottage Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XH
Received 9 Jun 201746-50 King Street Stonehouse ML9 3EF
Received 8 Jun 20173A Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 5 Jun 201710 Maple Drive Larkhall ML9 2AR
Received 30 May 201769 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PH
Received 15 May 20176 Kirkstone Close East Kilbride G75 8SU
Received 10 Apr 2017Site At Bellshill Road Uddingston
Received 20 Mar 201715 Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6QB
Received 29 Jun 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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