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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
30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 9 Jun 200618 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 22 Dec 20054 Braeview Place Nerston East Kilbride
Received 17 May 200622 Inch Keith St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 17 May 20062 Wellknowe Road Thorntonhall
Received 17 May 20066 Dunard Court Carluke ML8 5RX
Received 16 Jun 2006Hozier House 129 Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 24 May 20062 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9AB
Received 24 May 2006Greenrig Farm Greenrig Road By Lanark ML11 9QB
Received 4 Jul 200675 Station Road Law ML8 5LW
Received 4 Jul 20062 Hyacinth Way Carluke
Received 4 Jul 2006Knowehead Farm Yieldshields ML8 4QY
Received 4 Jul 200621 Fairlie Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4SF
Received 19 Jun 2006136 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 28 Jul 2006Westside Farm Symington
Received 24 Jul 200617 Hunthill Road Blantyre
Received 6 Jul 20066 Stonebyres Court Hamilton
Received 6 Jul 2006Anvil Inn 9 Bellshill Road Uddingston
Received 6 Jul 2006Anvil Inn 9 Bellshill Road Uddingston
Received 6 Jul 200651 Galloway Avenue Hamilton
Received 6 Jul 2006Blantyre Victoria F C Grounds Forrest Street Blantyre
Received 6 Jul 2006White Hill House 64A Shieldhill Road Quothquan ML12 6FP
Received 23 Jun 200626 High Pleasance Larkhall
Received 8 Jan 2007Hooklaw Farm Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 4 Jan 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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