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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
30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Pine Park Hamilton ML3 7LX
Received 11 Sept 201799 Craigbank Street Larkhall ML9 1JR
Received 6 Sept 2017Huntlyhill Mains Farm Lanark ML11 7SB
Received 16 Aug 201781 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SW
Received 31 Jul 201789 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 10 Jul 201712 Shearer Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FX
Received 28 Jun 20171 Selkirk Street Blantyre G72 0SN
Received 28 Jun 2017Ardvar Cottage Tarbrax Road Tarbrax EH55 8XA
Received 29 Sept 2015Robiesland Farm Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 31 Aug 201521 Loch Park Avenue Carluke ML8 5AS
Received 28 Aug 201515 Hutchinson Place Cambuslang G72 8XX
Received 2 Jun 20152 Braeview Place East Kilbride G74 3XH
Received 21 May 201526 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QF
Received 30 Apr 2015Plot 1 Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 13 Apr 2015Asda Broomhill Drive Larkhall ML9 1RH
Received 16 Jan 20159 Honeycomb Place Netherburn Larkhall
Received 6 Jan 2015Laigh Brownmuir House Station Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 31 Dec 2014Site Off Hagholm Road Cleghorn
Received 8 Dec 2014Hookhead Cottage Darvel Road Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 7 Nov 2014118-122 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AX
Received 7 Nov 20143 Findlay Terrace Cambuslang G72 7UE
Received 10 Oct 2014Bothwell Road Uddingston G71
Received 10 Oct 201415 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 17 Sept 20144 Ministers Park East Kilbride G74 5BX
Received 9 Feb 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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