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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
30,252 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bardyke Chemicals Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7XL
Received 17 Jun 201598 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EF
Received 3 Jun 2015Park Farm Cottage Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 23 Apr 201587 Main Street Bothwell G71 8ER
Received 20 Apr 20151 Lee's Burn Court Nerston Park East Kilbride G74 3XB
Received 16 Oct 201724 Canberra Drive East Kilbride G75 8DF
Received 16 Oct 2017Glen Mark Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3NX
Received 5 Oct 2017136 Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0EW
Received 21 Sept 2017Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 23 Aug 201742 Brackenhill Drive Hamilton ML3 8AY
Received 8 Aug 201735 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0EQ
Received 2 Aug 201735 Highfield Road Larkhall ML9 2JD
Received 6 Jul 201736 Callaghan Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PS
Received 29 Jun 201739A Bridge Street Strathaven ML10 6AN
Received 29 Jun 2017Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse ML9 3PR
Received 15 Jun 20179 Glen Lethnot East Kilbride G74 3UZ
Received 25 May 201711 Canberra Drive East Kilbride G75 8DF
Received 27 Apr 2017Larkhall Decant - Machanhill Primary School Academy Street Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Apr 2017165 Bellfield Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LG
Received 17 Mar 201780 Glen Avenue Larkhall ML9 1JL
Received 1 Mar 2017Plot 4 Land Adjacent To 11 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 13 Mar 2017Castleview Stables Blair Road Crossford ML8 5QR
Received 22 Mar 2016Brae House Millheugh Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 1QY
Received 13 Oct 201567 B Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AL
Received 12 Oct 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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