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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
30,299 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Glen Farg East Kilbride G74 2JW
Received 25 Mar 2014North Brackenridge Farm Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0HP
Received 25 Mar 2014Camp Shop Thankerton Camp Farm A73 From Symington A72 To Hyndford Bridge Thankerton ML12 6PD
Received 17 Mar 2014182 Hamilton Road Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7PD
Received 13 Mar 20146 Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 3 Jul 201475 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9QJ
Received 3 Jul 2014Newhouse Park Caravan Park Ravenstruther ML11 8NP
Received 3 Jul 2014Auchtyfardle Farm Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PG
Received 3 Jul 2014Gillbank Farm Strathaven ML10 6PT
Received 3 Jul 2014Auchtyfardle Farm Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PG
Received 3 Jul 2014Boghall Road Carluke
Received 3 Jul 20148 Wintergreen Drive East Kilbride G74 4UP
Received 2 Jul 201455 Coylton Crescent Hamilton ML3 9NL
Received 2 Jul 2014130 Broompark Road Blantyre G72 9RN
Received 25 Mar 20142 Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6EQ
Received 29 May 2014Quothquan Law Farm Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NZ
Received 27 May 201411 Hagholm Road Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7SG
Received 27 May 20143 Millburn Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3BG
Received 27 May 2014First Floor Shop 79 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AG
Received 23 May 2014Land At Bonnanhill High Kype Road Strathaven
Received 23 May 2014Mauldslie View Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke
Received 22 May 20144 Caol Court Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AB
Received 19 May 2014Howes Way Carstairs Junction ML11 8SE
Received 19 May 2014471 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen G73 2AS
Received 24 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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