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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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
244 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 20 Nov 200756 Olifard Avenue Bothwell
Received 20 Nov 2007Burnbrae Farm Dillarburn Lesmahagow ML11 9PG
Received 21 Aug 2007109 Main Street Forth ML11 8AB
Received 21 Aug 2007Linnhead Farm Sandilands Lanark
Received 21 Aug 20071 Jackson Place Carluke
Received 21 Aug 200757 Main Street Symington ML12 6LL
Received 21 Aug 2007Co-Op Food Store 45 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow
Received 8 Aug 200710 Westport Lanark ML11 9HD
Received 2 Aug 2007Valley International Park Braidwood Road Crossford, ML8 5HJ
Received 2 Aug 2007Turlood Stables Stockbriggs Lesmahagow, ML11 0HN
Received 8 Nov 200716 Claude Street Larkhall
Received 27 Sept 200715 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 2007Somerfield 241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 19 Sept 200723 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 2007Highlees Farm Lanark Road Larkhall
Received 3 Sept 200733 Knockburnie Road Bothwell
Received 27 Aug 2007Tesco Express 35 Portland Place Low Water Road Hamilton
Received 27 Aug 200737 Lochalsh Place Blantyre
Received 27 Aug 20071 Causeystanes Path Blantyre
Received 27 Aug 200735 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 2007Hurlawcrook Farm Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 200727 Strathallan Avenue East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 200792 Covington Road Covington ML12 6NE
Received 18 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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