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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
30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beechgrove Care Home, Caldwellside, Carstairs Road, Lanark, ML11 7SR
Received 6 Mar 200710 Guildies Loan Biggar ML12 6BA
Received 6 Mar 2007South Lodge Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QD
Received 6 Mar 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 Shrifflats Road
Received 6 Mar 200730 Main Street Braehead
Received 6 Mar 200720 Kirkland Park Strathaven
Received 21 Feb 20077 Clarkin Avenue East Kilbride
Received 21 Feb 200792 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF
Received 21 May 2007Javaids Supersave 25 Loch Shin East Kilbride
Received 14 May 200772 Tannahill Drive East Kilbride G74 3HT
Received 14 May 20071 Spynie Gardens Strathaven
Received 14 May 200793 Old Mill Road Uddingston
Received 6 Mar 200725 Rowhead Terrace Biggar ML12 6DU
Received 28 Feb 2007Cuthbertson 27 Station Road (Yard) Biggar ML12 6DQ
Received 30 Apr 20078 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton
Received 11 Jun 200726A Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TW
Received 11 Jun 2007Building 1 Philipshill Business Park East Kilbride G74
Received 2 Aug 2007The Caravan East Roundhill Farm Ryelands Nr Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 2 Jul 2007Areas C, D & E Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 6 Jul 20077 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 28 Jun 20075 Martha Place Larkhall
Received 28 Jun 200753 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 28 Jun 2007Glenavon Court Larkhall
Received 28 Jun 2007Church Street Uddingston
Received 28 Jun 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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