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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark, ML11 9TA
Received 8 Jan 2008Land At Tomont Hill South East Of Elvanfoot
Received 8 Jan 2008Land At Rodger Law South Of Crawford
Received 8 Jan 2008Land North Of Clyde Law Elvanfoot
Received 8 Jan 200826 Craigmuir Gardens Blantyre
Received 27 Dec 200724 The Glade Larkhall
Received 27 Dec 200728 Merlindale Forth ML11 8DS
Received 20 Feb 200859 Brocketsbrae Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PT
Received 14 Feb 200868 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HR
Received 14 Feb 200828 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AA
Received 14 Feb 2008The Market Bar Main Street Carnwath
Received 14 Feb 2008Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 14 Feb 2008Garden Ground Of The Old Smithy Dunsyre ML11 8NQ
Received 13 Feb 200812 Hunters Crescent East Kilbride
Received 30 Jan 2008Snabe Quarry Drumclog
Received 28 Jan 2008Plot 2 Station Road Thankerton ML12 6NY
Received 27 Dec 2007Plot 1 Station Road Thankerton ML12 6NY
Received 27 Dec 2007103/104 Crosswood Terrace Tarbrax
Received 27 Dec 200740 Hamilton Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jun 200819 Huntly Drive Cambuslang
Received 13 Jun 2008Tinto Drive Carstairs
Received 22 May 2008Eastshield Farm Cottage Braehead
Received 21 May 200860 Glen Ogilvie East Kilbride
Received 3 Apr 200811 Dryburgh Way Blantyre
Received 5 Jun 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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