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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
30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Whinfell Gardens East Kilbride G75 8YP
Received 27 Mar 2009352 - 356 Auldhouse Road Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 9DX
Received 27 Mar 2009Priory Inn 20 Stonefield Road Blantyre
Received 16 Sept 2009Lands At Kerse Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0HX
Received 16 Sept 200985-87 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 16 Sept 200922 Darngaber Gardens Quarter
Received 17 Jun 20096 Windmill Road Hamilton
Received 17 Jun 200917 Albert Drive Rutherglen
Received 21 May 20091 Station Cottages Station Road Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 2 Jul 20091 Station Cottages Station Road Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 2 Jul 20098 Sunnyside Avenue Uddingston
Received 29 Jun 200940 Sidehead Road Stonehouse
Received 29 Jun 200960 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 29 Jun 200926 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 29 Jun 200966 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen
Received 22 Jun 2009Crawforddyke Primary School Eastfield Road Carluke ML8 4NZ
Received 11 Jun 2009Croftdale 5 Southcroft Way Biggar ML12 6ET
Received 10 Jun 2009Hyndfordlea House Lanark
Received 10 Jun 20097KM East Of Muirkirk In East Ayrshire And 4KM West Of Douglas
Received 14 Aug 200960A Howieshill Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Aug 200960 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang
Received 12 Jun 200990 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 5 Jun 20091 Moat Cottages Biggar ML12 6HZ
Received 20 Apr 200988 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 20 Apr 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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