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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
30,271 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Todshill Street Strathaven ML10 6DD
Received 21 Dec 201736 Hills Road Strathaven ML10 6LQ
Received 14 Oct 201574 Waterside Street And 7 The Ward Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 16 Sept 2015The Old Brewery 8 The Wynd Biggar ML12 6BU
Received 11 Sept 20158 Park Drive Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7UB
Received 15 Dec 20177 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 15 Dec 201790 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre G72 9UN
Received 27 Nov 201768 Burns Wynd Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3DU
Received 17 Nov 2017Righead Cottage Brewshot Farm Braehead Lanark ML11 8HB
Received 7 Nov 201782 Brandon Street Hamilton ML3 6AB
Received 18 Oct 2017Land 106M Southeast Of Burbrae Farm Cottage High Kype Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 16 Oct 2017Greggs 72 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HY
Received 8 Sept 2017Street Record Broomhill Road Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 30 Aug 2017Craigend Farm Craigend Road Auldhouse Glasgow G75 9DR
Received 10 Aug 2017Netherfield Mains Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TB
Received 27 Jul 2017Adjacent To Woodyett Farm Lanark ML11 9UJ
Received 1 Jun 2015The Paddock Newark Farm Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 28 May 20153 Peel Park Place College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5LW
Received 19 May 2015Stanmore Stables Stanmore Road Lanark ML11 7RR
Received 18 May 20152 Inglis Place East Kilbride
Received 18 May 2015Craigthorn Farm Craigthornhill Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TT
Received 23 Apr 2015New College Lanarkshire 56 Castle Street Hamilton
Received 24 Mar 20152 East Brackenridge Cottage Strahaven ML10 6QB
Received 19 Mar 2015School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 19 Mar 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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