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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30,332 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 31 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Vacant House Plot Between 5 Belhaven Terrace And 12 Greystone Gardens Off Greystone Avenue Burnside Rutherglen
Received 18 Mar 201418 High Street Lanark ML11 7EX
Received 29 May 20142 Ashley Drive Bothwell G71 8BS
Received 9 Jun 201454 Montreal Park East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8LB
Received 11 Mar 20141 Victoria Avenue Carluke ML8 5AG
Received 15 Apr 201422A Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6LX
Received 11 Apr 201431 Cypress Crescent East Kilbride G75 9HX
Received 14 Apr 2014130 Keswick Road East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8QX
Received 10 Apr 201410 Boreland Drive Hamilton ML3 9DF
Received 10 Apr 201450 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF
Received 10 Apr 2014Land Adjacent To Kirkton House Main Street High Blantyre G72 0EZ
Received 8 Apr 20144 Catcraig Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NG
Received 17 Mar 2014Braidwood Primary School Loch Avenue Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PB
Received 13 Mar 2014Kirk Street Stonehouse ML9 3LR
Received 14 Mar 2014Maythorne Cottage Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SJ
Received 13 Mar 20141A St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DL
Received 13 Mar 2014Plot Adjacent To Avon Mill House Off Old Avon Road Hamilton ML3 7UH
Received 12 Mar 20145 Gailes Park Bothwell G71 8TS
Received 12 Mar 201416 Crawford Crescent Uddingston G71 7DP
Received 11 Mar 2014Limekilnburn Hall 327 Strathaven Road (Former Community Hall) Limekilnburn Hamilton ML3 7XW
Received 10 Mar 20143 Muir Glen Lanark ML11 9DW
Received 7 Mar 2014Machanhill Primary School Machanhill Larkhall ML9 2HG
Received 6 Mar 201446 Fyne Crescent Larkhall ML9 2UX
Received 6 Mar 201446 - 50 King Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EF
Received 27 Mar 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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