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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
26,199 approved · 1,020 refused · 1,986 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Apr 2006 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
10 Glebe Avenue Bothwell G71 8AA
Received 27 Nov 202531 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride G74 4HJ
Received 28 Nov 20253 Thurman Way Cambuslang G72 7FF
Received 28 Nov 2025Land 310M Southeast Of Tweediehall Sandford Road Strathaven
Received 28 Nov 2025Byretown Farm Byretown Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9TG
Received 28 Nov 202586 Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4LB
Received 28 Nov 202523 Ardlui Gardens Hamilton ML3 8QJ
Received 28 Nov 2025Uddingston Grammar School Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7BT
Received 28 Nov 2025The Village Inn 1 - 3 Stuart Street East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 28 Nov 2025Land 27M NNE Allanshaw Grove Hamilton
Received 28 Nov 202543 Kingsknowe Drive Rutherglen G73 2AB
Received 1 Dec 2025270 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 1 Dec 202532 Braidley Crescent East Kilbride G75 8FA
Received 1 Dec 202523 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 1 Dec 202523 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 1 Dec 20253 Aquitania Crescent Larkhall ML9 2FL
Received 1 Dec 2025270 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 2 Dec 202535 Castledyke Road Carstairs ML11 8SU
Received 2 Dec 20258A Moray Gate Bothwell G71 8BY
Received 2 Dec 2025Land 25M Southwest Of 20 Avon Street Avon Street Larkhall
Received 2 Dec 202517 Mansefield Avenue Cambuslang G72 8NZ
Received 2 Dec 2025270 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 3 Dec 202515 Ochil Court East Kilbride G75 9GJ
Received 3 Dec 20253 Kairnhill Court Lanark ML11 9HU
Received 3 Dec 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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