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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30,239 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 18 Nov 20149 Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7PB
Received 28 Oct 201412 Manse Brae Dalserf Larkhall
Received 2 Oct 2014Holmlees East Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8TU
Received 9 Sept 2014Plot 4 Muirhouse Lane Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 25 Aug 2014Draffan Road Netherburn
Received 21 Aug 2014Lands Of Newark North-East Of Strathaven
Received 25 Jul 2014Unit C Howard Avenue Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4ZA
Received 1 Dec 201742 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang G72 8SE
Received 27 Nov 201772 Rosslyn Avenue Rutherglen G73 3EY
Received 15 Nov 201713 McNeil Street Larkhall ML9 1ER
Received 13 Nov 201736 Scalloway Lane Cambuslang G72 8HN
Received 16 Oct 201748 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SW
Received 15 Aug 2017Townhead Of Priestgill Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 24 May 201716 Tukalo Drive Strathaven ML10 6UX
Received 3 Apr 2017Bellshill Road Bothwell
Received 19 Dec 20163 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QF
Received 12 Dec 2016West End Farm Eaglesham Road Jackton G75 8RP
Received 10 May 2016Rose Cottage Heads Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 1 Mar 201612 Brook Street Strathaven ML10 6NG
Received 2 Nov 2015Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 2 Nov 20152 Cooper Gardens Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FS
Received 5 Apr 2017Hallhill Fram By Crossford Carluke ML8 5QH
Received 7 Mar 2017Sevenoaks Manse Road Stonehouse ML3 9NX
Received 22 Nov 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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