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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
30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Crofthill Avenue Uddingston G71 7AF
Received 8 Dec 2016Plot Adj Newton Farm Strathven ML10 6PA
Received 7 Dec 20162 Balmoral Drive Cambuslang G72 8BG
Received 6 Dec 2016Site Off Stanmore Road Lanark
Received 16 Oct 201517 Ivy Place Blantyre G72 9RA
Received 8 Oct 2015Trade Team Dale Avenue Cambuslang G72 7DX
Received 30 Sept 201565 Priory Crescent Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GZ
Received 15 Sept 2015Former Esso Petrol Station Kingsway East Kilbride G72 3DS
Received 11 Sept 201551 Main Street Forth Lanark ML11 8BS
Received 10 Sept 20152 Wandel Farm Cottage Abington Biggar ML12 6RP
Received 24 Nov 2017Hallhill Hunterlees Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TS
Received 21 Sept 2017Land 96M Southeast Of 48 Kilncadzow Road Kilncadzow Road Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Aug 20178 Green Acres Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9ZP
Received 30 Aug 2017East Mains Farm Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3NX
Received 16 Aug 2017Aluminia Strathaven Airfield Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 3 Aug 201714 Chatelherault Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BJ
Received 12 Jun 2017Shields Road East Kilbride
Received 11 Apr 2017Side Of 37 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 14 Mar 201711 Murrayside Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QU
Received 10 Mar 2017Plot 1 Land Adj To Hillview Gateside Road Crawfordjohn Biggar ML12 6SN
Received 29 Nov 2016Former Queensway Service Station East Kilbride
Received 20 Oct 20166 Bressay Grove Cambuslang G72 8QU
Received 24 Nov 201618 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DR
Received 23 Nov 201615 Stonebyres Holdings Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 17 Oct 2016Records 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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