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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
30,332 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Teiglum Road Lesmahagow ML11 0FA
Received 24 Mar 2014Kirkton Primary School Kirkton Avenue Carluke ML8 5AB
Received 24 Mar 201410A Cypress Avenue Blantyre G72 9QE
Received 20 Feb 20143 Dalmeny Road Hamilton ML3 6PP
Received 20 Mar 2014200 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 14 Feb 201498 Maple Terrace Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9AE
Received 12 Feb 2014Muirhouse Farm Muirhouse Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XH
Received 7 Feb 201453 Durisdeer Drive Hamilton ML3 8XH
Received 19 Dec 20137 Carnoustie Court Bothwell
Received 19 Dec 201317 Raeburn Common Pettinain ML11 8SX
Received 12 Dec 2013Bonnanhill Farm B7086 From Strathaven To Lesmahagow Strathaven ML10 6PN
Received 7 May 2014Plots 147 - 153 Former Ballerup High School Off Crosshouse Road East Kilbride
Received 25 Apr 201415 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HX
Received 24 Feb 201431 Stanmore Avenue Lanark ML11 7HA
Received 2 Jul 2014Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 2 Jul 2014Plot 1 No. 1 Carnwath Lane Carluke ML8 4QU
Received 1 Jul 201445 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF
Received 1 Jul 2014Knotlairs Farm Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RR
Received 1 Jul 20144 Clydeview Bothwell G71 8NN
Received 25 Jun 2014CVD FP Lawmuir Road Law Carluke ML8 5JB
Received 27 Jun 20143 Regency Court Hamilton ML3 7EA
Received 27 Jun 2014Woodhall Nursery Woodhall Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NF
Received 27 Jun 2014Land Adjacent To Larkhall Academy Off Margaretvale Drive Larkhall ML9
Received 26 Jun 2014Site Of Former Craigmuir Cottage Blantyre G72 0TT
Received 24 Jun 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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