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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
30,336 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dunduff Quarry Bellscroft Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0JQ
Received 15 May 20148 Weaver Place East Kilbride
Received 15 May 20141 Skerne Grove East Kilbride G75 8BP
Received 15 May 201455 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AH
Received 14 May 2014Gatehouse To Milton Lockhart Estate Lanark Road Carluke
Received 13 May 2014Unit 1A Lees Burn Court Nerston East Kilbride G74 3XB
Received 13 May 201412 Burns Street Hamilton ML3 6PL
Received 13 May 201412 Fruin Rise Hamilton ML3 9UY
Received 13 May 2014Cherry Tree Court West Coats Road Cambuslang
Received 12 May 2014Formation Of Access Road Between Forth And Braehead
Received 9 Apr 20144 Argyll Gardens Larkhall ML9 2EN
Received 8 May 20149 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 8 May 2014Green Pastures Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TY
Received 12 Mar 2014Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 11 Mar 2014Teaths House Teaths Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 11 Mar 201430 Scott Street Hamilton ML3 6SH
Received 11 Mar 2014Limewood 16 St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EH
Received 24 Feb 20143 Laverock Avenue Hamilton ML3 7DD
Received 20 Feb 201452 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 19 Feb 201420 Red Deer Walk Cambuslang G72 6PZ
Received 19 Feb 201463 Sandy Road Carluke ML8 5DH
Received 13 Feb 201439 Russell Street Hamilton ML3 0QW
Received 11 Feb 201457 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AH
Received 7 Feb 2014Mayfield Brickworks Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4PL
Received 5 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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