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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
26,541 approved · 1,044 refused · 2,007 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride G74 4SX
Received 23 Dec 2025Ardlamont Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 23 Dec 20252 Ash Wynd Cambuslang G72 7ZD
Received 24 Dec 202512 Ladyacre Road Lanark ML11 7LQ
Received 24 Dec 202525 Plantation Grove Cambuslang G72 6PD
Received 24 Dec 202541 Richmond Drive Rutherglen G73 3JJ
Received 24 Dec 2025Land 55M Northeast Of 36 Millheugh Brae Millheugh Brae Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 31 Dec 2025North Crookedstone Cottage Limekilnburn Road Hamilton ML3 7XG
Received 5 Jan 202611 Scholars Wynd Hamilton ML3 8RE
Received 5 Jan 2026Site Of Former Ballgreen Hall Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 5 Jan 20262 Sandhead Road Strathaven ML10 6HX
Received 6 Jan 20266 Maggie Lawson Court Uddingston G71 7FB
Received 6 Jan 2026Hamilton United Reformed Church South Park Road Hamilton ML3 6PH
Received 6 Jan 2026Unit 2 Calderwood Square East Kilbride G74 3BQ
Received 6 Jan 202662 Castle Street Hamilton ML3 6BU
Received 6 Jan 2026123 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 7 Jan 20269 Albert Drive Rutherglen G73 3RT
Received 7 Jan 202635 Greystone Avenue Rutherglen G73 3SN
Received 7 Jan 20264 Gloucester Avenue Rutherglen G73 5AT
Received 8 Jan 2026Ampherlaw Cottage Ampherlaw Farm Westsidewood Road Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 8 Jan 2026Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club 21 - 23 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QE
Received 8 Jan 2026The C'mon Inn 56 Alloway Road East Kilbride G74 3SD
Received 8 Jan 2026Newark Farm Whitecraigs Highway Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 8 Jan 202659 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BN
Received 9 Jan 2026Records 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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