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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30,299 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 30 Jun 20144 Bowmore Crescent Thorntonhall G74 5DD
Received 23 May 201430 Novar Street Hamilton ML3 6TG
Received 23 May 201415 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell G71 8BW
Received 23 May 2014128A Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 20 May 2014144 Pentland Crescent Larkhall ML9 1UR
Received 10 Apr 201466 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NE
Received 10 Apr 201427 Calderside Grove East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3SP
Received 10 Apr 201413 Braeview Place East Kilbride G74 3XH
Received 9 Apr 20142 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0LA
Received 9 Apr 20148 Millerfield Place Hamilton ML3 7EP
Received 9 Apr 2014Biggar Museum 9 Kirkstyle Biggar ML12 6DT
Received 9 Apr 20149 Roman Court Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RU
Received 7 Apr 2014128A Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 8 Apr 2014Woolfords Hall Woolfords West Calder EH55 8LH
Received 7 Apr 20149 Peebles Drive Rutherglen G73 3JY
Received 4 Apr 2014Stanmore Road Lanark
Received 2 Apr 201433 Allison Drive Carnwath ML11 8HG
Received 2 Apr 201433 Burnbrae Road Blantyre G72 0QU
Received 2 Apr 2014Unthank Farm Coulter Biggar ML12 6HN
Received 2 Apr 201455 Rosemount Crescent Carstairs ML11 8QN
Received 31 Mar 2014Hillhouse Road And East Avenue Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 2014Dippool Farm Fordmouth Carnwath ML11 8LJ
Received 12 Dec 2013Patchy Park/Riverside Road Larkhall
Received 12 Dec 2013Records 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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