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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
30,450 approved · 1,265 refused · 2,234 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cherryleas Howgate Road Roberton ML12 6RS
Received 29 Jun 20061 Anstruther Court Law
Received 29 Jun 2006Peden Gill Cottage Elvanfoot Biggar
Received 29 Jun 20063 Blackhill View Law ML8 5JZ
Received 29 Jun 2006The Leadhills & Wanlockhead Railway The Station Leadhills
Received 29 Jun 2006Site To Rear Of 4/6 Station Road Law ML8 5JA
Received 12 Jul 200540 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 12 Jul 200580 Sandhead Terrace Blantyre
Received 29 Aug 20051 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton
Received 29 Aug 20051 Elliot Place Netherburn Larkhall
Received 29 Aug 200510 Wallace Drive Larkhall
Received 22 Aug 20052 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 22 Aug 2005Tilemania 30 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 2005Land Adjacent To Hamilton Bus Station Off Brandon Street Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 200558 Laburnum Lea Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 20054 Elm Way Larkhall
Received 22 Aug 20052 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 22 Aug 20052 Union Street Larkhall
Received 22 Aug 2005Plot B Linnhead Farm Kirkfieldbank ML11 7JT
Received 19 Aug 20056 Sycamore Way Cambuslang
Received 4 Aug 2005120 Olympia Arcade Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 200539 Glen Carron East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 200580 Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction ML11 8RE
Received 20 Sept 20055A Crabtree Street Douglas ML11 0QQ
Received 13 Jul 2005Records 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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