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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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Yonderton Farm Lesmahagow
Received 17 May 20073 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang
Received 28 Sept 2007Toll House 50 Carlisle Road Hamilton
Received 20 Sept 2007Toll House 52 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 20 Sept 2007Home Farm Kerse Lesmahagow , ML11 0HX
Received 19 Sept 20071 High Avon Street Larkhall
Received 10 Sept 2007Unit 2 Carlisle Road Birkenshaw Larkhall
Received 10 Sept 200759 Lockhart Street Stonehouse
Received 10 Sept 20072 Highburgh Avenue Lanark ML11 7DS
Received 30 Aug 200786/88 Calderwood Square East Kilbride
Received 9 Aug 200751 Newton Road Strathaven
Received 9 Aug 200732 Strathspey Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GN
Received 9 Aug 20074 Blue Tower Douglas
Received 6 Aug 2007Sign 1: Field Adjacent To A73 200YDS N/W Of Junction With Sherifflats Road Sign 2: Field Adjacent To A73 200YDS S/E Of Junction With Sherifflats Road
Received 6 Aug 2007Old Canteen Site Back Of Forth Primary School Off Main Street Forth ML11 8AE
Received 6 Aug 20071 Bendigo Place Wellgatehead Lanark ML11 9AP
Received 1 Aug 2007Plots 21 & 22 The Pleasance Byretown Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9NY
Received 1 Aug 2007Southern Development Area 2 East Kilbride
Received 10 Jul 20072/4 McNeil Street Larkhall
Received 21 Nov 200732 Millgate Road Hamilton
Received 21 Nov 20078 Scotia Gardens Hamilton
Received 27 Aug 2007The Southfield Hotel 75 Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9RZ
Received 13 Aug 200777 Main Street Leadhills
Received 13 Aug 200754 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9BS
Received 13 Aug 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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