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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
30,239 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Arnlea Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 18 Sept 201520 South Park Road Hamilton ML3 6PJ
Received 17 Sept 2015Kings Park Hotel Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2LX
Received 24 Aug 2015Midhill Farm Biggar ML12 6RD
Received 3 Aug 201557 Beech Grove East Kilbride G75 9EA
Received 26 Jun 201534 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7JA
Received 17 Apr 201596 Pentland Crescent Larkhall ML9 1UR
Received 17 Apr 201591 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EA
Received 17 Apr 2015108 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HP
Received 17 Apr 2015Christ Church Hope Street Lanark ML11 7NE
Received 13 Apr 201517 Naismith Court Stonehouse ML9 3HE
Received 13 Apr 20151 Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 9 Mar 2015Land Opposite Leaburn Lodge Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 9 Mar 20155 Saddlers Gate Strathaven ML10 6US
Received 9 Mar 201530 Deanbrae Street Uddingston G71 7JS
Received 9 Mar 2015Woodend Lodge Lochlyoch From Howgate Road To A73 Fallburn Thankerton Biggar ML12 6NH
Received 26 Feb 201516 Buckingham Drive Rutherglen G73 3NH
Received 19 Feb 2015Spittal Farm Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LY
Received 19 Feb 20153 Langlands Court Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0YB
Received 26 Jan 201531 Whitemoss Road The Village East Kilbride G74 4SS
Received 24 Dec 201412 Clydeview Bothwell
Received 1 Dec 201421 Braeside Crescent Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9SG
Received 1 Dec 2014Newbridge Farm Carnwath Road Carstairs Junction ML11 8RW
Received 28 Nov 201431 McLean Gardens Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LU
Received 18 Nov 2014Records 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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