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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
30,277 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Old Mill Caldermill Nr Strathaven ML10 6QD
Received 6 Jan 2016Wee Westlinbank Farm Gilmourton Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 14 Dec 20151 Mid Road Biggar ML12 6AW
Received 26 Nov 201564 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 17 Nov 2015Calderside Farm Calderside Road Blantyre G72 0TN
Received 12 Nov 201571 Auchinraith Avenue Hamilton ML3 0JG
Received 10 Nov 20152 Birch Brae Hamilton ML3 7LJ
Received 9 Nov 201545 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 2 Nov 2015Kames Golf And Country Club Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NR
Received 21 Oct 2015Land To The West Of Udstonhead Tower Strathaven ML10 6SX
Received 2 Sept 2016Farmland To The West Of Draffanmarshill Farm Draffan Road Lanark ML11 9PW
Received 6 Apr 201621 Glasgow Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RS
Received 25 Feb 201625 Macfarlane Crescent Cambuslang G72 7GG
Received 15 Feb 201678 Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RE
Received 21 Dec 2015Harperfield Lodge Kirkfieldbank Road Lanark ML11 9TL
Received 21 Dec 2015Unit 24 Goldie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Uddingston G71 6PB
Received 21 Dec 20156 Stravenhouse Road Law Carluke ML8 5HH
Received 11 Dec 20154 Leaburn Cottage Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 7 Dec 2015Plots 11, 12 & 14 Albert Park Braidwood
Received 1 Dec 2015103 Acacia Way Cambuslang G72 7ZY
Received 23 Nov 2015Heads Point Nursery Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 5PL
Received 20 Nov 201549 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang G72 7AF
Received 17 Nov 2015Red Moss Hotel Crawfordjohn Biggar ML12 6SX
Received 19 Jan 2018Torrance Lodge Gatehouse Calderglen Country Park Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 19 Jan 2018Records 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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