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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30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newhouse Farm Craigthornhill Road Hamilton ML3 7XN
Received 18 Aug 2017St Leonards RC Church Brancumhall Road East Kilbride G74 3YA
Received 26 Jan 201641 Magnolia Drive Cambuslang G72 7NP
Received 17 Dec 2015Land Adjacent To 28 Braxfield Road Lanark
Received 4 Nov 2015Pinewood Lodge Boghall Road Carluke ML8 4QL
Received 29 Sept 2015Auchingramont Gardens 45 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 8 Sept 20152 Thomas Tunnock Grove Uddingston G71 7NZ
Received 10 Apr 20156 Copperwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 0RL
Received 10 Apr 2015Queensway A726 Grass Verge East Kilbride
Received 31 Mar 20151 Lawmuir Road Law Carluke ML8 5JB
Received 25 Nov 2014Kypewaterhead Farm Kypeside From C14 To Priorhill Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JL
Received 14 Nov 2014189 Mill Road Hamilton ML3 8PE
Received 19 Aug 2014Walston Braehead Farm Ogscastle Road Walston Biggar ML11 8NF
Received 14 Jul 2015Huntlyhill Mains Farm Lanark ML11 7SB
Received 10 Jul 2015Curtilage Of 6 Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 10 Jun 2015St Ninians Road Hamilton
Received 23 Mar 2015128A Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 30 May 2017Plot Adjacent To Yett Farm Libberton Lanark
Received 22 May 2017The Midden East Mains Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 8 May 201725 Woodstock Avenue Lanark ML11 7EQ
Received 10 May 201746-48 High Street Lanark
Received 28 Apr 201717 Macarthur Drive East Kilbride G74 4TN
Received 24 Apr 201775 Calder Street Blantyre G72 0AX
Received 11 Apr 2017NHS Distribution Centre 2 Swinhill Avenue Canderside Larkhall ML9 2QX
Received 10 Mar 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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