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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ninsfield Lanark Road Ravenstruther ML11 7SS
Received 15 May 2008Loganbank Farm Waterside Lesmahagow ML11 0HP
Received 4 Jul 200818 Green Ferns Blackwood
Received 4 Jul 200880 Fyne Crescent Larkhall
Received 30 Sept 200814 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang
Received 18 Feb 200877-81 Main Street Carnwath
Received 15 May 2008Tivoli Gilmourton Strathaven
Received 5 Jun 2008Plot Of Land South Of Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 5 Jun 2008Plot 3 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 31 Mar 2008Plot 4 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 31 Mar 200831 Fraser Crescent Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 2008Lockhart Street Stonehouse
Received 31 Mar 200851 Union Street Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 2008Park Cottage 2 Station Road Biggar ML12 6BW
Received 3 Mar 2008Wellriggs Farm Milton Road Carluke ML8 5NB
Received 3 Mar 2008Carnwath Mill Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 3 Mar 2008Lawhead House Tarbrax EH55 6LW
Received 3 Mar 200855 -57 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7NR
Received 3 Mar 200834 Springhill Road Douglas ML11 0QY
Received 3 Mar 2008Beech Cottage Lamington ML12 6HW
Received 3 Mar 2008Adjacent To 6 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AB
Received 14 Mar 2008Blacklaw Primary School Glen Arroch East Kilbride
Received 6 Mar 200852 Sutherland Way Brancumhall East Kilbride
Received 6 Mar 200847 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton
Received 15 Feb 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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