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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
23,663 approved · 868 refused · 1,820 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Aug 2007 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Leadhills Surgery Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 8 May 2025Rutherglen And Glencairn Jnr Football Club Toryglen Road Rutherglen G73 1HZ
Received 8 May 202580 Stonelaw Drive Rutherglen G73 3NZ
Received 9 May 2025East Kilbride Community Growth Area - North Eaglesham Road Jackton
Received 7 May 20253 Park Avenue Carluke ML8 5DJ
Received 9 May 2025Kintore House Blair Road Crossford ML8 5QR
Received 9 May 202514 Golf Road Rutherglen G73 4JW
Received 12 May 202589 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AG
Received 12 May 2025135 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 12 May 202510 Rokeby Crescent Strathaven ML10 6EG
Received 12 May 202558 Main Street Forth Lanark ML11 8AA
Received 12 May 2025Centre West Development Site Rothesay Street East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 May 2025Centre West East Kilbride G74 1LL
Received 12 May 2025Smiddy View C26 From A70 At Sandilands To A73 At Warrenhill Carmichael Biggar ML12 6NG
Received 13 May 2025Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 13 May 202596 Collie Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WF
Received 13 May 2025Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 13 May 202598 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GA
Received 14 May 20251 Braefoot Lane Uddingston G71 7PP
Received 14 May 2025Plot 7E Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride
Received 14 May 202529 Hawkwood Terrace Forth Lanark ML11 8AT
Received 14 May 2025Bidhouse Forest B7076 From Elvanfoot A702 To South Lanarkshire Boundary Elvanfoot Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 14 May 202524 Glen Carron East Kilbride G74 2AH
Received 14 May 2025McDonald's Queensway East Kilbride G74 1HE
Received 15 May 2025Records 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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