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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
30,612 approved · 1,270 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
168 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 6 Feb 200626 Huntly Drive Cambuslang
Received 6 Feb 200614 The Beeches Blackwood
Received 28 Dec 2005Land At Nethanfoot Farm Crossford ML8 5QG
Received 28 Dec 2005Harrow's Law Potential Wind Farm South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Dec 2005Harrow's Law Potential Wind Farm South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Dec 200591 Carlisle Road, Abington, ML12 6SD
Received 28 Dec 2005Yard At 55 North Back Road Biggar ML12 6EJ
Received 28 Dec 2005Scottish Power Bonnington Power Station Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 20 Feb 2006Plot 3 Shodshillmill Farm By Carstairs
Received 30 Jan 2006Site 2B Off Gilchrist Loan Lesmahagow
Received 23 Jan 200672 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HH
Received 23 Jan 200693 Carlisle Road Abington ML12 6SD
Received 23 Jan 2006Land At Red Moss Hotel Crawfordjohn
Received 23 Jan 2006Land At Red Moss Hotel Crawfordjohn
Received 23 Jan 2006Greentower Farms Ltd Cartland ML11 7RB
Received 23 Jan 200666 Fyne Crescent Larkhall
Received 14 Dec 2005183 Main Street Uddingston
Received 13 Apr 2006Land At Burnside Road Cathkin Mid Farm Rutherglen
Received 12 Apr 2006Euro-Fab Works Building Vere Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9RR
Received 12 Apr 2006Goremire Road Carluke
Received 12 Apr 2006Former Builders Yard Rowhead Quarry Biggar Mill Road Biggar
Received 10 Apr 2006Greenwood Polkelly EH55 8LN
Received 10 Apr 2006Plot At Mid Coldstream Cottage Tups Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QH
Received 9 Sept 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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