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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
30,267 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Braehead Larkhall Sewage Pumping Station, Broomhill View Larkhall ML9 1BA
Received 25 May 201727 Orchard Gardens Strathaven ML10 6UN
Received 9 May 2017113 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HN
Received 3 May 2017113 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HN
Received 3 May 201716 Corrie Court Hamilton ML3 9XE
Received 26 Apr 201733 Pentland Crescent Larkhall ML9 1UP
Received 26 Apr 2017Richland Nursery Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RL
Received 25 Apr 20177 Tiree St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 21 Apr 201736 Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven ML10 6DZ
Received 13 Apr 2017149 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5BU
Received 7 Apr 201715 Neilsland Drive Hamilton ML3 8AJ
Received 28 Mar 201752 Turfholm Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0ED
Received 28 Feb 201770 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 21 Feb 20176 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7JG
Received 20 Feb 2017Former Newbigging Village Hall Dunsyre Road Newbigging
Received 16 Feb 2017Lock Ups Kilmory Gardens Carluke
Received 11 Jan 201755A Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NF
Received 14 Dec 2016272 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SB
Received 5 Jun 201730 St Stephens Avenue Rutherglen G73 5LZ
Received 15 May 201723 Hills Road Strathaven ML10 6LQ
Received 15 May 2017Strathaven Hotel Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 12 May 201711 Parkwood Terrace Hamilton ML3 0RU
Received 8 May 201724 Kirkburn Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NT
Received 8 May 201769 Pillans Avenue Carluke ML8 5WD
Received 2 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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