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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30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 22 Feb 2017Woodside 14 Bushelhead Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NA
Received 20 Feb 201711 John Ogilvie Crescent Hamilton ML3 9GD
Received 23 Dec 2016Yard At 1 John Hendry Road Bothwellpark Industrial Estate Uddingston G71 3EE
Received 26 Jul 20179 Drummond Place East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3AD
Received 2 Jul 2015South Halls Strathaven ML10 6RF
Received 10 Jun 201554 Market Place Carluke ML8 4BP
Received 18 Jul 201436 John Street Larkhall ML9 2ET
Received 11 Jul 201722 Green Street Bothwell G71 8RJ
Received 7 Jun 201724 Chantinghall Road Hamilton ML3 8NG
Received 7 Jun 201710 Rosebank Place Hamilton ML3 9JZ
Received 7 Jun 2017Greenhills Road/A726 Strathaven Road Corridor Improvements East Kilbride
Received 24 May 2017Land At Crosshouse Farm East Kilbride G75 9DS
Received 27 Mar 2017Unit 6 And 8 Block 6 Third Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre G72
Received 28 Mar 2017Gateside Road Crawfordjohn Biggar
Received 29 Nov 201630 Fergus Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DF
Received 30 Sept 2016Co-Op Petrol Filling Station High Common Road East Kilbride G74 2AU
Received 22 Sept 2016Land Known As East Overton Glassford Road Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 14 Oct 2016Lidl 200 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 26 Aug 201623 Redwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SZ
Received 23 Aug 2016Burndale 72 Hall Road Nemphlar ML11 9JE
Received 5 Aug 2016Lidl 200 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 5 Jul 2016141 Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4QA
Received 5 Jul 2016Burnside 1 Shodshill Mill Farm Cockridge Road Lanark ML11 8NT
Received 29 Mar 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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