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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
30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land Adjacent To Plot 42 Skye Wynd Hamilton
Received 25 Feb 2008Plot 16 Station Road Netherburn
Received 25 Feb 2008Land Adj To Daer Reservoir Near Wintercleugh
Received 4 Feb 2008Plot 1 Waterlands Road Law
Received 4 Feb 200830 Biggar Road Symington ML12 6FT
Received 4 Feb 2008Plots 40-43A & 47-49 Inc The Pleasance Byretown Road Kirkfieldbank , ML11 9NY
Received 23 Jan 2008Unit 2 2 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AB
Received 12 Aug 20089 Avon Avenue Carluke ML8 5DD
Received 12 Aug 200861 The Crescent Lesmahagow ML11 0DP
Received 12 Aug 20081A Biggar Road Libberton ML12 8LT
Received 23 Jul 2008Clydevale Orchard Holm Road Crossford
Received 23 Jul 200812 Buchandyke Road Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 23 May 200811 Cameron Way Blantyre
Received 21 May 200815 Priory Drive Uddingston
Received 21 May 200862/64 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 21 May 20083 Peebles Drive Rutherglen
Received 21 May 2008330 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 21 May 200853 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 20 May 2008Douglas Street Hamilton
Received 20 May 200823 Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 20 May 2008Burnhouse Mill Kirkfieldbank Road Sandilands
Received 15 May 2008Highlees Farm Lanark Road Larkhall
Received 10 Jul 2008Ellenbank Farm Lesmahagow
Received 19 Feb 200915 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 19 Feb 2009Records 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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