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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
30,294 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Mitchell Avenue Cambuslang G72 7SH
Received 15 Dec 201612 Boghall Avenue Biggar ML12 6JL
Received 15 Dec 20164 Fife Crescent Bothwell G71 8DG
Received 6 Dec 201633 Crosshill Road Strathaven ML10 6DS
Received 2 Nov 2016East Hallside Farm Hallside Road Cambuslang G72 7XE
Received 24 Oct 2016Carluke Bowling Club Mount Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5EB
Received 12 Oct 20166 Kirkland Park Strathaven ML10 6AR
Received 15 Sept 2016Double Row Rosedale Street New Lanark
Received 13 Sept 2016Turners Yard Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QQ
Received 31 Oct 201777 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 27 Oct 201735 Oak Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GS
Received 27 Oct 2017Woodlands Farm Lesmahagow
Received 8 Oct 2015Land At Junction Of Stroud Road/Kelvin Road/Fronting Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 6 Oct 201562 Newton Avenue Cambuslang G72 7RT
Received 14 Jul 2015Clydegrove Crossford
Received 18 Dec 2017Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 6 Oct 201557 Drygate Street Larkhall ML9 2DA
Received 6 Oct 2015Ardvar Cottage Tarbrax Road Tarbrax West Calder EH55 8XA
Received 6 Oct 201536 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AF
Received 26 Aug 20156 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JH
Received 23 Jul 2015Plot 1 - Ashgilhead Road Larkhall ML9 3AF
Received 1 Jul 2015Land Next To Stephenson Place Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 25 Jun 2015Land At Ayr Road (A70) Lanark ML11 8NN
Received 22 Jun 201569 Church Street Larkhall
Received 22 Jun 2015Records 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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