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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
26,382 approved · 1,037 refused · 1,999 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Douglas Drive Cambuslang G72 8DR
Received 16 Dec 2025Land To The South And West Of Hamilton At Strathaven Road Meikle Earnock Road And Highstonehall Road Hamilton ML3 8QR
Received 16 Dec 202555 Lairhills Road East Kilbride G75 0LH
Received 16 Dec 2025Kingdom Park Homes Holiday And Residential Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 16 Dec 2025Plot 1 Woodburn House Woodburn Avenue Blantyre
Received 16 Dec 2025Kingdom Park Homes Holiday And Residential Lanark Road Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 8NP
Received 17 Dec 2025Flat 2 Kirkfield 12A Uddingston Road Bothwell G71 8PH
Received 16 Dec 2025Bonnington Power Station Bonnington Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 17 Dec 20254 Silverdale East Kilbride G74 4RN
Received 17 Dec 2025Land 300M WNW Of Libberton Mains Farm Biggar Road Libberton Lanark
Received 17 Dec 202515 Ballochmill Road Rutherglen G73 1PT
Received 18 Dec 20252 Guschet Place Lanark ML11 9DN
Received 17 Dec 2025Burnhouse Farm Cottage A70 From Rigside To Hyndford Bridge Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TR
Received 18 Dec 202511 Murray Terrace (& 13) Carnwath Lanark ML11 8JA
Received 19 Dec 2025Hamilton Town House 102 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HH
Received 19 Dec 2025Rutherglen Town Hall 139 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Rutherglen Town Hall 139 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Rutherglen Town Hall 139 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2JJ
Received 19 Dec 2025Clydeview Cottage Lanark Road Rosebank ML8 5QA
Received 19 Dec 2025Land 240 Meters East Of 70 Westburn Farm Road Westburn Road Cambuslang
Received 18 Dec 2025Dechmont Rifle Range Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang G72 8YP
Received 19 Dec 2025Auchmeddan Farm C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9PY
Received 22 Dec 2025Land 55M WSW Of Rowanlea Lodge Cleghorn Drive Lanark ML11 7QZ
Received 22 Dec 202513 Whitemoss Road East Kilbride G74 4JB
Received 22 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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