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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
30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Midlinbank Farm Darvel Road Strathaven
Received 2 May 2006Crarae Kersewell Avenue Kaimend ML11 8LE
Received 22 Jun 2006Unit 6B Main Street Cambuslang
Received 1 Nov 20064 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 1 Nov 200691 Alberta Avenue East Kilbride
Received 31 Oct 200639 Lomond East Kilbride
Received 31 Oct 200612 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 27 Sept 2006Ampherlaw Farmhouse By Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 14 Sept 20067 Glennevis (Plot 94 Boghall Road) Carluke ML8 4RW
Received 14 Sept 20061 Station Cottage Station Road Biggar, ML12 6JJ
Received 14 Sept 2006121 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 14 Sept 2006Westwood Crescent/Buchanan Crescent Hamilton
Received 26 Jul 2006Tweedieside Paddock Roman Road Sandford Strathaven
Received 10 May 200645 Tiree Grange Hamilton
Received 10 May 200617 Windmill Road Hamilton
Received 10 May 2006129 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton
Received 10 May 200611 Alba Way Hamilton
Received 10 May 2006Holly Lodge 12 Sherwood Avenue Uddingston
Received 25 Apr 2006Burn Place/Dukes Road Cambuslang
Received 15 Jun 200610 Pretoria Court East Kilbride G75 9PE
Received 15 Dec 20066 Lanark Road Carluke ML8 4HD
Received 19 Oct 2006127 Lanark Road Carstairs Village ML11 8QQ
Received 19 Oct 200627 Jura Drive Blantyre
Received 19 Feb 2007Land Adjacent To 39 Merlewood Avenue Bothwell
Received 19 Feb 2007Records 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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