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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
30,268 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Kylemhor High Kype Road Strathaven
Received 15 Mar 2016Lochpark Industrial Estate Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 15 Mar 201632 Montgomery Street Larkhall ML9 2AA
Received 29 Feb 2016St Leonards Primary School Brancumhall Road East Kilbride South Lanarkshire G74 3YA
Received 26 Nov 201512 Hill Street Larkhall ML9 2HA
Received 2 Nov 20154 Kype View Strathaven ML10 6BX
Received 30 Oct 2015Land At Galalea Stoneymeadow Road High Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 28 Oct 201541 Braidley Crescent East Kilbride G75 8FA
Received 22 Oct 2015Blairavon Udston Mill Road Stonehouse ML9 3JL
Received 19 Dec 2017Bracken House Carlisle Road Blackwood Lanark ML11 0JE
Received 12 Dec 2017279 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RN
Received 8 Dec 2017West Priestgill House - New Low Kype Highway Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6RB
Received 8 Dec 20176 Knights Gate Bothwell G71 8SS
Received 4 Sept 20177 Tulliallan Place East Kilbride G74 2EG
Received 29 Aug 201714 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PN
Received 28 Aug 2017Clarkston Knowe Clarkston Farm Lanark ML11 9UN
Received 22 Aug 20172 Merlindale Forth Lanark ML11 8DS
Received 21 Aug 20177A Wellknowe Place Thorntonhall G74 5QA
Received 14 Aug 201792 Wellgate Street Larkhall ML9 2AQ
Received 26 Jul 2017West Brownlee House Brownlee Road Law Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 20 Jul 2017Land To Rear Of Burnhouse Manor Burnhouse Road Audhouse East Kilbride G75 9DT
Received 19 Jul 201718 Merrick Gardens Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XS
Received 19 Jul 201784 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JG
Received 29 Jun 201711 Sneddon Street Hamilton ML3 0QX
Received 26 Jun 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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