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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Nethertown Farm Auchenheath ML11 9XQ
Received 14 Jul 201026 Hyndshaw View Law ML8 5JX
Received 14 Jul 2010Council Depot Summerlee Road Larkhall ML9 2UH
Received 12 Jul 20106B Hunter Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 8 Jul 2010Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 9 Jun 20101 Buckingham Court Hamilton
Received 9 Jun 2010North Allerton Farm Jackton Road Jackton East Kilbride G75 8RR
Received 11 May 20108 Academy Street Larkhall
Received 12 Apr 201022 Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6PY
Received 12 Apr 201026 Church Street Larkhall ML9 1HE
Received 12 Apr 2010Plots 610 And 611 22 And 24 Cooper Crescent Ferniegair ML3 7FT
Received 9 Feb 2010Pavement Off Blantyre Road Burnbank Hamilton ML3 9JP
Received 2 Feb 201067 Miller Street Larkhall
Received 2 Feb 201018 Fergus Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DF
Received 2 Feb 2010Land At Redwood Drive Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 2010Plots 191-186 & 246 Stewart Milne Thornton Grange Development Former Bogton Farm, Peel Road Jackton, East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 20107 Threshold Park East Kilbride South Lanarkshire G74 4HP
Received 1 Mar 20102 Torrance Court East Kilbride South Lanarkshire G75 0RU
Received 1 Mar 20108 Macarthur Crescent East Kilbride South Lanarkshire G74 4TL
Received 1 Mar 2010Plot 34 Development At Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 201011 Kingshill View Law ML8 5LA
Received 26 Feb 20108 Milton Street Carluke
Received 26 Feb 2010Blackhouse Farm Thankerton
Received 22 Feb 201011 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell G71 8BW
Received 19 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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