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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Playing Fields (North) Calderglen Country Park Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Oct 20099 Stuart Drive Lanark ML11 7HE
Received 30 Sept 2009West Browncastle Farm Drumclog By Strathaven ML10 6QW
Received 8 Sept 20108 Girdons Way/Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 31 Aug 201034 Percy Street Larkhall ML9 2AF
Received 31 Aug 201037 Melfort Road Hamilton ML3
Received 31 Aug 2010160 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EL
Received 26 Aug 201042 Meadows Avenue Larkhall ML9 2JG
Received 5 Aug 20106 New Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9BY
Received 12 Mar 2010Unit 7 Palace Grounds Retail Park Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 3 Mar 201026 Ayr Road Glespin ML11 0SF
Received 16 Feb 201039 Barmore Avenue Carluke ML8 4PE
Received 16 Feb 20104 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8NL
Received 3 Feb 2010Larkhall Drop-In Centre Muir Street Larkhall
Received 3 Feb 201010 Lytham Meadows Bothwell G71 8ED
Received 3 Feb 2010289 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 9HJ
Received 3 Feb 201073 Somerville Drive The Murray East Kilbride
Received 28 Jan 2010Blackshouse Farm Steading Thankerton ML12 6PL
Received 25 Jan 2010Burnbrae Farm East Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre
Received 2 Dec 200931 Royal Gardens Bothwell G71 8SY
Received 2 Dec 200916 And 17 Burnbank Centre Hamilton ML3 0NQ
Received 2 Dec 20098 Woodland Gardens Hamilton ML3 7JE
Received 26 Nov 2009Redlees Quarry Access Off Blantyre Farm Road Blantyre
Received 26 Nov 2009Plot 2 Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 26 Nov 2009Records 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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