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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
31,243 approved · 1,289 refused · 2,296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 15 Jan 200923 Dalton Cottages Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 2009Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride
Received 5 Feb 2009Auchenfin Farm Auldhouse Road Auldhouse G75 9DR
Received 2 Feb 20092 Tribboch Street Larkhall
Received 8 Jan 200912 Muirkirk Gardens Strathaven
Received 2 Feb 2009The Mechanics Workshop New Lanark ML11 9DB
Received 2 Dec 200842 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 200928 Glen Feshie East Kilbride
Received 2 Feb 2009Tarbrax Common Tarbrax
Received 8 Dec 20087 Inch Garvie St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 4 Feb 200923 Wallace Place Hamilton
Received 12 Jan 20097 Bridgend Road Wandel ML12 6RR
Received 15 Jan 2009Land Opposite Rowhead Cottage Biggar
Received 17 Nov 200833 Drygate Street Larkhall
Received 8 Jan 20095 Kirkhill Grove Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 2009To Rear Of 4/6 Station Road Law ML8 5JA
Received 8 Dec 20087 Berryhill Lane Strathaven ML10 6XE
Received 30 Jan 2009Plot 13 Broomhill Gate Larkhall
Received 15 Jan 2009Strathaven Airfield Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 2 Feb 2009Flat 1 14 Bloomgate Lanark, ML11 9ET
Received 15 Jan 200913 Kirkburn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 20092 Burn Road Carluke ML8 5BZ
Received 28 Jan 200971-73 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 24 Dec 2008Records 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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