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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30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Grieve Croft Bothwell G71 8LU
Received 1 Mar 201617 Durward East Kilbride G74 3PB
Received 1 Mar 201612 Castlehill Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DG
Received 21 Jan 2016Site Off Ayr Road Shawsburn
Received 18 Dec 2015Phase 2 Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 18 Dec 201528 Middlefield East Kilbride G75 0HJ
Received 10 Dec 201546 The Lairs Blackwood Lanark ML11 9YW
Received 24 Nov 2015Shott Farm High Blantyre G72 9UDT
Received 24 Nov 2015Cornhill House Hotel Coulter Biggar ML12 6QE
Received 12 Nov 2015Cricklewood Hotel 27 Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8LZ
Received 21 Oct 201518 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang G72 7PA
Received 21 Oct 201521 Mid Loan Street Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NX
Received 4 Aug 2016Cherrytree Cottage Netherfield House Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TB
Received 27 Jul 2016Garage 90 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PG
Received 23 Jan 201839 Carlisle Road Hamilton ML3 7BZ
Received 23 Jan 20186 Castlegait Strathaven ML10 6FF
Received 23 Jan 2018Morrisons 1 Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride G75 9SA
Received 22 Jan 201821 Grieve Croft Bothwell G71 8LU
Received 22 Sept 201710 Sweet Thorn Drive East Kilbride G75 9FR
Received 21 Sept 2017103 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DA
Received 19 Sept 2017Birkwood Estate, New Trows Road, Lesmahagow ML11 0JP
Received 18 Sept 201757 Burnside View East Kilbride G75 9FZ
Received 20 Sept 201758 High Street Biggar ML12 6BJ
Received 8 Sept 20176 Anford Place Blantyre G72 0NR
Received 1 Sept 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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