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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
30,285 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell G71 8BW
Received 21 Apr 201559 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 20 Mar 2015107 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PT
Received 20 Mar 201519 Ravenswood Forth Lanark ML11 8DN
Received 18 Mar 2015Unit 1 Nisbet Way Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SF
Received 18 Mar 201575 Woodlands Crescent Bothwell G71 8PP
Received 10 Mar 2015Halls Burn Strathaven ML10 6RF
Received 25 Nov 201414 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AY
Received 14 Nov 2014Whinney Brae Cormiston Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 11 Feb 2016Lamington Mains Lamington ML12 6MW
Received 11 Feb 2016Land At Cransley Gardens Douglas Lanark ML11 0SL
Received 10 Feb 2016Land At Cransley Gardens Douglas Lanark ML11 0SL
Received 10 Feb 201635 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 1 Feb 2016Scottish Gourmet Thistle Mill 25 Station Road Biggar ML12 6BW
Received 1 Dec 20155 Leeward Circle East Kilbride G75 8PA
Received 1 Dec 20153 Burns Gate Cambuslang G72 8SY
Received 29 Oct 2015Arberglen Residential Home 9 Udston Road Hamilton ML3 9HT
Received 16 Oct 2017Land 525M Southeast Of Hillcroft Muirkirk Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Oct 201714 Cornfoot Crescent East Kilbride G74 3ZB
Received 27 Oct 2017University Of The West Of Scotland Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0JB
Received 6 Oct 2017Hillend Bungalow Lanark Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5QH
Received 18 Sept 2017Rosti Block F Baird Avenue & 6 Middleton Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 29 Sept 201717 Main Street Uddingston
Received 11 Sept 20177 Balcastle Crescent Carluke
Received 11 Sept 2017Records 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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