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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Belstane Town Farm Carluke ML8 4QQ
Received 3 Sept 2010No's 3,5, 9 And Plot 1 Angus Terrace Douglas ML11 0NU
Received 3 Sept 2010Countryside Inn 47 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 3 Sept 2010Plot 2 Dunsyre Road Newbigging
Received 25 Oct 201015 Loanfoot Gardens Braidwood ML8 5SS
Received 25 Oct 201010 Janefield Place Blantyre
Received 20 Oct 201045 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 20 Oct 201041 Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven ML10 6DY
Received 16 Sept 2010Dykeneuk Farm Shields Road Auldhouse
Received 16 Sept 201029 Burns Wynd Stonehouse ML9 3DU
Received 3 Jun 20107C Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 1 Jun 201025 McNeil Street Larkhall ML9 1ER
Received 1 Jun 201010 Old Mill Lane Uddingston
Received 26 May 201072 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 25 May 201015 Rutherglen Road Rutherglen G73 1SX
Received 19 Apr 20102 Threestanes Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6DX
Received 21 Apr 20107 Manse Road Carstairs Village ML11 8PZ
Received 20 Jan 201074 St Lukes Avenue Carluke ML8 5AT
Received 20 Jan 20106 Elmbank Lesmahagow
Received 14 Jan 2010Poniel Holdings Land To SW Of Junction 11 M74 Near Happendon Douglas, ML11 0RL
Received 14 Jan 2010Site At Junction Of Calder Street/Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 8 Jan 201035 Beech Crescent Cambuslang
Received 1 Oct 2009Clarkston Knowe Clarkston Farm Lanark ML11 9UN
Received 29 Oct 2010Arthurshields Quothquan ML12 6NB
Received 28 Oct 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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