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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
30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Newlands Place East Kilbride
Received 6 May 20102 Old Coach Road East Kilbride
Received 6 May 2010Plot Adjacent To 38 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 15 Apr 20103 Westmill Rigg Wiston ML12 6HU
Received 12 Apr 2010The Farmhouse Springfield Farm Yieldshields Road Carluke
Received 8 Jun 20102 Manse Court Forth ML11 8FF
Received 20 May 2010Adjacent To Bowling Green Biggar Road Carnwath ML11 8HJ
Received 19 May 2010164 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 20 May 2010Plot 1 Biggar Business Park Market Road Biggar ML12 6FX
Received 30 Apr 20101 Holm Street Carluke
Received 16 Apr 20109 Schoolhouse Avenue Coalburn ML11 0LL
Received 16 Apr 20108 Cooper Court Carnwath
Received 12 Apr 201020 Castledyke View Carstairs Village
Received 28 May 2010Plot 6 Logandale Court Symington ML12 6GQ
Received 27 May 201011 Macnicol Park East Kilbride G74 4QE
Received 24 May 201049 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6DU
Received 24 May 201018 Merkland Way Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9NH
Received 24 May 20102 Swift Bank Hamilton
Received 19 May 201032 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang
Received 6 May 2010Pod H22 Off Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 23 Mar 2010Plot 8 South Park Grove Coulter Road Biggar ML12 6GJ
Received 19 Mar 2010Land Adjacent The Lodge Thornhill Avenue Blantyre
Received 18 Jun 2008Poplar Park Lanark Road Stonebyres Lanark ML11 9UP
Received 12 Apr 2010Waterlands Farm Cottage 13 Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 12 Apr 2010Records 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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