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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
30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wyndales Farm Symington
Received 23 Nov 2006Blackshouse Farm Thankerton
Received 23 Nov 200648 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang
Received 16 Oct 200629A Belmont Road Cambuslang
Received 16 Oct 200621 Eskdale Drive Rutherglen
Received 10 Oct 200646 Kirkhill Gardens Cambuslang
Received 10 Oct 2006Drumsagard Village Cambuslang
Received 9 Feb 200797 Upper Bourtree Drive Burnside
Received 7 Feb 2007Plots 1 & 2 William Spiers Place Larkhall
Received 22 Dec 20061 Elliot Place Netherburn
Received 5 Feb 200710/12 Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 1 Jun 2006Plot Next To Fence Farm Tillietudlem
Received 11 Sept 2006Land Adj To 288 Viewfield Road Tarbrax, EH55 8XF
Received 11 Sept 2006Southfaulds Road Caldwellside Ind Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 11 Sept 20061 Station Cottages Station Road Biggar, ML12 6JJ
Received 11 Sept 20069 Steel Way Lesmahagow ML11 0NA
Received 11 Sept 200622 Milton Crescent Carluke ML8 5AN
Received 11 Sept 2006Whinriggs Stonehouse
Received 27 Jul 2006South Drumloch Strathaven
Received 11 Jan 2007178 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall
Received 5 Jan 2007Earls Gate Off Castle Avenue Bothwell
Received 5 Jan 200714 Glenafeoch Road Carluke ML8 4DR
Received 3 Jan 2007Land Opposite The Granary Springfield Farm Yieldshields ML8 4QZ
Received 18 Dec 2006Philips Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 13 Dec 2006Records 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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