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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30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
4 Gibsons Close Biggar ML12 6DN
Received 13 Jul 2009Hollylodge Falla Farm Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 9 Jul 2009Land To South Hill Cottage Garvald House Dolphinton EH46 7HJ
Received 9 Jul 200916 East Avenue Carluke ML8 5TS
Received 9 Jul 2009Junction Of Castle Street And Main Street Rutherglen
Received 7 Jul 200930 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen
Received 7 Jul 2009113 Elder Crescent Cambuslang
Received 7 Jul 200920 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 6 Jul 200924 Inch Keith East Kilbride
Received 22 Jun 20092 Falkland Drive East Kilbride
Received 22 Jun 20096 Rathmor Road Biggar ML12 6QG
Received 7 Sept 200950 Draffan Road Netherburn
Received 7 Sept 20092 Aspen Way Hamilton
Received 4 Sept 2009St Nicholas Parish Church High Street/Broomgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 3 Sept 2009112 High Street Lanark ML11 7ES
Received 3 Sept 2009Milton Lockhart Estate Carluke ML8 5PZ
Received 3 Sept 2009Fallburn Holdings Toll Cottage Thankerton, ML12 6PD
Received 3 Sept 20098 Swan Way Law ML8 5HS
Received 3 Sept 2009Arpochill Farm Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 31 Aug 200912 Strathspey Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GN
Received 31 Aug 200951 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston
Received 3 Aug 200938 Montgomery Street Larkhall
Received 3 Aug 200943 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0LA
Received 19 Jun 2009Formerly "The Dream & Bonus Cafe" 33 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 29 May 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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