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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ek Works 6 Righead Gate Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LS
Received 22 Apr 201018 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 18 Mar 2010Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 11 Feb 20101 Moat Cottages Biggar ML12 6HZ
Received 9 Mar 20103 Meikle Crescent Hamilton ML3 7QA
Received 17 Feb 20107 Leyland Wynd Hamilton ML3 8TT
Received 17 Feb 20106 The Cross Stonehouse
Received 17 Feb 2010Biggar High School John's Loan Biggar, ML12 6AG
Received 21 Jul 20094 Lower Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 9 Oct 2009113 Yieldshields Road Carluke
Received 5 May 2010Tweedieside Paddock Roman Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PJ
Received 5 May 201016 Bryson Court Hamilton ML3 7AE
Received 5 May 201021 Glen Eagles East Kilbride G74 2JN
Received 5 May 201021 Cumming Avenue Carluke
Received 30 Apr 201011 Kellie Grove East Kilbride G74 4DN
Received 2 Aug 2010Ross Cottage Carlisle Road Ferniegair
Received 27 May 2010The Old Stables Stonebyres ML11 9UW
Received 25 Feb 2010The Old Stables Stonebyres ML11 9UW
Received 25 Feb 2010Clyde Valley Caravan Park Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JW
Received 25 Feb 2010Adjacent To Cross Road/Manse Road Crawfordjohn
Received 24 Feb 201014 Main Street Bothwell G71 8RF
Received 24 Feb 20102 Kairnhill Court Lanark ML11 9HU
Received 19 Feb 201041 Melbourne Avenue East Kilbride
Received 18 Feb 2010Land At Redwood Crescent Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 18 Feb 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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