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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tutti Grille Restaurant Palace Towers Hamilton
Received 21 Sept 20109 Cumnock Drive Hamilton
Received 21 Sept 20103 Heather Road Nemphlar ML11 9JG
Received 15 Sept 2010196/232 Low Waters Road And 1/39 Jack Street Hamilton
Received 15 Sept 20101 Croft Road Larkhall
Received 10 Sept 201040 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7BH
Received 8 Sept 2010Land To North Of Greenacres Kersewell Avenue Kaimend Carnwath
Received 8 Sept 2010Easter Stobwood Farm Stobwood Dyke Road Forth ML11 8ET
Received 3 Aug 2010Plot 7 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0LA
Received 3 Aug 20102 Catcraig Braidwood ML8 5NQ
Received 29 Jul 201052-54 Station Road Law
Received 29 Jul 2010Stockhill Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0HN
Received 29 Jul 20106 Corunna Court Carluke ML8 4RF
Received 29 Jul 20108 Craig Place Law ML8 5GA
Received 13 Jan 201017 Carrick Gardens Carluke ML8 4PD
Received 6 Jan 201011 Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 12 Jan 201048 Kintyre Wynd Carluke ML8 5RW
Received 2 Jul 201052 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 2 Jul 2010Strathmore 55 North Back Road Biggar ML12 6EJ
Received 2 Jul 2010Porterhall Cottage Porterhall Lesmahagow
Received 13 Oct 20096 Mossbank East Kilbride G75 8SW
Received 20 May 2010The Village Newsagent 9 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 20 May 201085 Union Street Larkhall
Received 7 May 201060 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 7 May 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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