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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
30,341 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 18 Jul 201483 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QS
Received 19 Feb 2014101 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0EF
Received 19 Feb 201439 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 17 Feb 201439 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 17 Feb 2014Burnfoot 1 Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6QB
Received 17 Feb 201427 Bale Avenue Cambuslang Newton G72 6ZP
Received 17 Feb 2014Land South Of Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Feb 20144 Regent Way Hamilton ML3 7AJ
Received 17 Feb 201412 A Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall ML9 2UB
Received 18 Feb 2014Linthaugh Gardens 36 Newfield Road Stonehouse
Received 7 Feb 2014Hallhill Farm By Crossford ML8 5QH
Received 6 Feb 2014Plot 18 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 7 Feb 2014Happendon Wood Douglas
Received 28 Jan 2014Unit 4 Cadzow Park 82-100 Muir Street Hamilton
Received 15 Jan 2014Gateside Farm Kilcadzow Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 4QN
Received 30 May 201433 Main Street Bothwell
Received 10 Jul 20141 Clydesdale Place Hamilton ML3 7TE
Received 10 Jul 201470 Rhyber Avenue Lanark ML11 7HH
Received 30 May 2014Rogerhill Farm Vere Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9PH
Received 9 Jul 2014Gordonbank Broomelton Road Larkhall ML9 1QZ
Received 10 Jul 2014Cambuslang Golf Club 30 Westburn Drive Cambuslang G72 7NA
Received 8 Jul 2014Newtonside Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 9 Jul 2014Vacant Site At Clydebrae Drive Bothwell
Received 10 Jul 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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