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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hall Of Carnduff Cottage C196 Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 28 Jun 201011 Dunlop Place Strathaven ML10 6PU
Received 29 Jun 201025 Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6JA
Received 24 Jun 2010Invergordon 5 Douglas Street Larkhall ML9 2AZ
Received 28 Jun 201065 Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DD
Received 28 Jun 201010 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 28 Jun 201037 Victoria Street Larkhall ML9 2BW
Received 22 Jun 2010216 Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2NE
Received 22 Jun 20102 Hayward Avenue Carluke ML8 4LQ
Received 22 Jun 2010The Braes (Public House) 161 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5HD
Received 22 Jun 201048 Carrick Road Rutherglen G73 4PF
Received 22 Jun 2010Bonnet Knowe Nursery Covington Road Newtown Of Covington Biggar
Received 21 Jun 201022 Gilmour Drive Hamilton ML3 9UQ
Received 16 Apr 2010Plot 18 Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 16 Apr 2010Land To Rear Of 53 & 55 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7QW
Received 15 Apr 2010Carscallan Road Quarter Hamilton
Received 23 Feb 201012 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 13 Oct 20107A Main Street Cambuslang G72 7HB
Received 7 Oct 201053 Snaefell Avenue Rutherglen G73 5BL
Received 1 Oct 2010102 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang G72 8RE
Received 23 Sept 2010Near Laigh Muirhouses Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton ML3 8RJ
Received 22 Sept 2010Unit 1- 9 Bertram Street Burnbank Hamilton
Received 15 Sept 2010South Lanarkshire Council Roads Depot Carlise Road Larkhall ML9 2TP
Received 19 Aug 2010338 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 19 Aug 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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