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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
30,334 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Mainsacre Drive Stonehouse ML9 3QH
Received 4 Feb 2014Oakburn Rowhead Biggar
Received 4 Feb 201471 Shelley Drive Bothwell G71 8TA
Received 3 Feb 201417 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6EE
Received 6 Feb 201453 Burnside View Lindayfield East Kilbride
Received 7 Jan 2014Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DY
Received 12 Dec 2013Carnwath Primary School Couthally Terrace Carnwath ML11 8HY
Received 2 Dec 20133A Hawbank Road East Kilbride G74 5EG
Received 27 Jun 2014Bankwood Farm Carnwath ML11 8HJ
Received 27 Jun 201440 Caskie Drive Blantyre G72 9XG
Received 22 Apr 201453 Tannahill Drive East Kilbride G74 3HR
Received 25 Jun 2014Netherton Farm Cottage Netherton Road Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11 9TD
Received 25 Jun 201455 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 24 Jun 201415 Dalry Gardens Hamilton ML3 9ES
Received 23 Jun 201472 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QR
Received 23 Jun 2014Murdoch House 29 Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7TW
Received 23 Jun 2014Site To North Of Greenlees Road And East Of A719 Cambuslang
Received 19 Jun 2014Ek Ink 6 Greenhills Square East Kilbride G75 8TT
Received 19 Jun 201413 Carmichael Street Law Village ML8 5JF
Received 19 Jun 2014Plot 103 23 Glenlyon Place Cathkin G73 5PL
Received 19 Jun 201434 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AB
Received 19 Jun 2014Grange View East Kilbride Road East Kilbride
Received 19 Jun 2014Greenshield House Farm Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 21 Mar 201617 Stein Terrace Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FR
Received 19 Feb 2016Records 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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