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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
30,273 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9AB
Received 18 Dec 201751 Scholars Wynd Hamilton ML3 8RE
Received 27 Nov 2017Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre, Glasgow Road, Blantyre, G72 0AQ
Received 13 Nov 201714 Beckford Street Hamilton ML3 0BT
Received 9 Nov 20171 Vicars Road Stonehouse ML9 3EB
Received 26 Oct 2017Mid Muirhouse Farm Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 25 Oct 20177 The Cross Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LE
Received 19 Oct 20177 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell G71 8SG
Received 11 Oct 2017The Woodpecker 20 Wide Close Lanark ML11 7LX
Received 5 Oct 2017Troloss Farm Elvanfoot Biggar ML12 6TH
Received 7 Sept 201718 Hawthorn Avenue Cambuslang G72 7AE
Received 6 Sept 201711 Stonefield Place Blantyre G72 9TH
Received 21 Aug 201714 Pentland Crescent Larkhall ML9 1UR
Received 16 Aug 201719A Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton ML3 8NT
Received 6 Oct 2015Swaites Farm Covington Road Pettinain Lanark ML11 8SR
Received 11 Aug 20152 Sycamore Way Cambuslang G72 7FT
Received 1 Jul 2015Side Of 87 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 5 Jun 2015Auchenfin Farm Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 9DR
Received 19 May 201553 Harlequin Court Hamilton ML3 8SW
Received 19 May 201510 Larch Place Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7BP
Received 6 May 201553 Hamilton Street Larkhall ML9 2AT
Received 27 Jun 2017128 Broompark Road Blantyre G72 9RN
Received 8 Jun 201730 Hope Street Lanark ML11 7NE
Received 2 Jun 201717 Main Street Uddingston G71 7ES
Received 17 May 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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