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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Brownlee Road Law ML8 5JD
Received 19 Feb 2008Site Adjacent To Gillburn Farm Elsrickle
Received 18 Feb 2008Baillieshall Farm Douglas Water
Received 18 Feb 2008Clydevale House Holm Road Crossford, ML8 5RG
Received 18 Feb 200867 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JU
Received 18 Feb 2008Greenstrands Farm Sandilands
Received 15 Feb 2008Orchard Dell Near Cartland
Received 18 Feb 200829 Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 13 Feb 2008Plots 7 And 8 Craigie Brae Lesmahagow ML11 0BU
Received 13 Feb 2008South Craighall Farm Jackton Road Jackton G75 8RR
Received 2 Jun 200851 Tannahill Drive East Kilbride
Received 28 Apr 2008Newton Brae Newton, Cambuslang
Received 4 Dec 2007Uddingston Cricket & Sports Club Castle Avenue Uddingston
Received 4 Mar 200811 Galston Court Hamilton
Received 4 Mar 20084 Aspen Way Hamilton
Received 4 Mar 2008Plot 7 Orchard Manor Just Off Carnwath Road Carluke
Received 21 May 2008Libberton Mains Farm Libberton ML11 8LX
Received 20 May 2008Thornton Park 50 Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 19 May 200833 Macdonald Avenue East Kilbride
Received 19 May 2008163 Kirktonholme Road East Kilbride
Received 12 May 2008Woodview Biggarshiels Road Biggar ML12 6RE
Received 15 May 200831 Lanark Road Ravenstruther
Received 14 May 2008Eastend Farm Carstairs
Received 14 May 2008Land At Shawspark (Rear Of Merklands) Dunsyre Road Dolphinton
Received 14 May 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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