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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
30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Laighnetherfield Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 26 Jul 200798 Juniper Avenue East Kilbride
Received 26 Jul 200710 Clarkwell Road Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 20071 Chatelherault Walk Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 2007Plot 11 Middleton Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 15 Aug 200712 Coylton Crescent Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 2007Benlairs East Kilbride
Received 5 Dec 200734 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 5 Dec 2007Lanark Racecourse Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 4 Dec 2007The Walled Garden Kersewell Estate Kersewell ML11 8TA
Received 4 Dec 2007Macdonald Crutherland House Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 15 Aug 2007Macdonald Crutherland House Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 15 Aug 200721 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JU
Received 18 Sept 2007Cairnsmore Drumclog
Received 12 Sept 2007Linmillhaugh Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall
Received 15 Aug 2007Lochhead Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse
Received 7 Aug 20071 Bartie Gardens Ashgill Larkhall
Received 7 Aug 200719 Dave Barrie Avenue Larkhall
Received 7 Aug 20078 Murray Walk Blantyre
Received 7 Aug 2007132 Machan Road Larkhall
Received 25 Jul 20071 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 25 Jul 200712 Laburnum Avenue Cambuslang
Received 12 Jul 2007Arran Tower West Whitlawburn Cambuslang
Received 12 Jul 200718 Thomson Grove Cambuslang
Received 12 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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