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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang
Received 16 Jul 20086A Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton
Received 9 Jul 2008Plot 3, East Browncastle Farm Strathaven
Received 15 Oct 200834 Carnwath Road Braehead ML11 8EY
Received 14 Jul 200852 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BD
Received 14 Jul 2008Plots 45 & 46 Heather Lea Off Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 14 Jul 200855 Oak Wynd Cambuslang
Received 19 Mar 200921 Dornoch Drive Blantyre
Received 18 Mar 200912 Grieve Croft Bothwell
Received 18 Mar 2009Whistleberry Road Hamilton
Received 18 Mar 200917 Marleyhill Avenue Stonehouse
Received 18 Mar 2009266 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 9BA
Received 17 Mar 2009Swinhill Farm Swinhill Road Larkhall
Received 17 Mar 2009Edgemore 1 Leadhills Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TE
Received 25 Feb 2009Blackwood Estate Blackwood ML11 0JG
Received 25 Feb 2009Muirhall Farm Auchengray ML11 8LL
Received 25 Feb 2009Cloburn Quarry Lanark ML11 8SR
Received 11 Sept 200813 Cathkin Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 Sept 2008Carstairs Mains Farm Carstairs ML11 8QP
Received 27 Jun 2008Toryglen Road Rutherglen
Received 25 Sept 200891 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 25 Sept 200872 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 25 Sept 2008Deneholm 1A Quothquan Biggar, ML12 6NB
Received 16 Sept 20082 Ryeland Street Strathaven ML10 6DL
Received 22 Aug 2008Records 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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