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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
30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Marywell Cottage Coulter ML12 6PP
Received 31 Jul 2007Land Adjacent To East Gladstone Farmhouse ML12 6RB
Received 6 Jul 200723 Strathclyde Path Uddingston
Received 3 Dec 2007Stockwell Farm Braidwood ML8 5NG
Received 3 Dec 200755 Redlawood Road Newton
Received 30 Nov 200728 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen
Received 30 Nov 2007Kennels Cottage Baitlaws Lamington, ML12 6HR
Received 21 Nov 2007Hecklebirnie Sandilands ML11 9TR
Received 19 Jul 20078 Bellefield Way Lanark ML11 7NW
Received 19 Jul 20072 Aquilla Way Carluke ML8 5TT
Received 19 Jul 200711 Berwick Drive Rutherglen
Received 21 Sept 200768 Pentland Crescent Larkhall
Received 20 Sept 200716 Summerlee Road Larkhall
Received 20 Sept 2007106 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 20 Sept 2007Land To West Of Old Toll House Plot B 52 Carlisle Road Ferniegair
Received 20 Sept 2007Land To West Of Old Toll House Plot A 52 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 20 Sept 2007Plot 11 Kersewell Estate Carnwath
Received 2 Oct 2007Plot 12 Kersewell Estate Carnwath
Received 2 Oct 20077 Lodge Cottages Elvanfoot ML12
Received 3 Aug 200733 Lomond East Kilbride
Received 23 Jul 2007Whitecraigs Farm Glassford Strathaven
Received 23 Jul 20078 Southend Drive Strathaven
Received 23 Jul 200738 Glenburn Road East Kilbride
Received 23 Jul 2007Todshill Street Strathaven
Received 23 Jul 2007Records 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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