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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30,267 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yard Bankhead Station Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LU
Received 10 Sept 2014Douglas Hall Bosfield Place East Kilbride G74 4DY
Received 22 Aug 201410 Spynie Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FN
Received 9 Aug 2017Existing Access To Mosscastle Hill Forest Off C15 Andershaw 700M South East Of Andershaw Farm
Received 21 Jul 2017Corehouse Corehouse Drive Corehouse Lanark ML11 9TQ
Received 18 Jul 201720 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 12 Dec 201710 Andersen Court East Kilbride G75 0NP
Received 31 Oct 2017Site Located Off Bridge Street Cambuslang G72
Received 13 Oct 2017203 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PG
Received 12 Sept 2017Land 46M Wsw Of 27 Mauldslie Road Mauldslie Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 8 Sept 201767 Sycamore Place East Kilbride G75 9JU
Received 28 Feb 201712 Kirk Mews Busheyhill Street Cambuslang G72 8HY
Received 16 Jan 2017102A Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EF
Received 9 Dec 20162 Silverdale Court Lanark ML11 9HP
Received 17 Oct 2016Sunnyside Farm Sunnyside Road Larkhall ML9 1RB
Received 19 Aug 2016Land At Whitelee Forest Off Ardochrig Road East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2016Southfield Hotel 75 Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9RZ
Received 28 Jul 2016Land Located South Of A70 West Of Village Of Glespin Lanark
Received 28 Jun 201612 Holm Street Strathaven ML10 6NB
Received 15 Jun 2016Moss-Side Farm Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 20 May 20166 Platthorn Court East Kilbride
Received 11 Feb 20161 Tups Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QH
Received 10 Feb 20165 Millburn Gardens East Kilbride G75 8RL
Received 19 Jan 2016140 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 6QS
Received 4 Nov 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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