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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30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
3 Cross Road Biggar ML12 6AP
Received 28 Nov 200691 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 20 Nov 2006Castlepark 80 Broomgate Lanark ML11 9EE
Received 17 Nov 2006Muirhead Farm Cleghorn ML11 8NY
Received 17 Nov 20066 Fairways Larkhall
Received 16 Nov 200637 Myers Crescent Uddingston
Received 16 Nov 20066 Millheugh Larkhall
Received 16 Nov 200658 Glen Mallie East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 200651 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 200650 Lindsay Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 2006Turner Auto Services Caledonia Place Strathaven
Received 13 Nov 2006Land To The South Of 6 Walnut Grove East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 2006Plot 4A Langlands Business Park Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 20061 Woodhead Gardens Bothwell
Received 5 Feb 2007Cathkin Landfill Site Cairnmuir Road East Kilbride G73
Received 5 Jan 200774/76 Main Street Uddingston
Received 15 Nov 200679 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 15 Nov 200651 Union Street Hamilton
Received 15 Nov 2006Bot 29 Bothwell Viaduct Craighead Blantyre
Received 15 Nov 20062 Muirburn Place Coalburn
Received 23 Oct 2006"Woodlands" 23 Grange Road Pettinain, ML11 8SP
Received 23 Oct 2006171 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DZ
Received 23 Oct 2006126 Goremire Road Braidwood
Received 23 Oct 2006205 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 18 Oct 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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