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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
30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Braemar Crescent Carluke ML8 4BH
Received 24 Mar 2016Land At Junction Of Shawfield Road And Shawfield Drive Rutherglen
Received 19 Feb 20168 Thomas Tunnock Grove Uddingston G71 7NZ
Received 17 Feb 2016Kittoch School Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 16 Feb 201621 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 10 Feb 201614 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AY
Received 9 Feb 201687 Skylands Rise Hamilton ML3 8SA
Received 2 Feb 2016The Bothy East Mains Farm Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 2 Feb 20163 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 4PW
Received 13 Jan 201619 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 29 Dec 20155 St Davids Place Larkhall ML9 1BW
Received 30 Nov 20153 Pointpark Crescent Uddingston G71 7NY
Received 31 Mar 201519 Cuillins Road Rutherglen G73 5LF
Received 28 Aug 201422 Hallside Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7DY
Received 18 Jul 20141 Caledonia Walk Hamilton ML3 7PU
Received 10 Sept 2015Banks And Beds Of Eastfield Burn Open Space Off Dukes Road Cambuslang G72 7AJ
Received 14 Aug 2015Council Offices 18 Forrest Street Blantyre Glasgow G72 0JP
Received 10 Apr 2015Rutherglen Shopping Centre Rutherglen
Received 7 Apr 2015Sidewood Farm Blackhill Road Forth ML11 8ET
Received 26 Mar 201527 Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JY
Received 2 Mar 2015Land At Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 2 Mar 2015The Old Smiddy 161 Glasgow Road Nerston East Kilbride G74 4PA
Received 2 Mar 201557A Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2LB
Received 2 Mar 2015Land Adjacent To 43 Linden Lea Hamilton ML3 9AG
Received 13 Aug 2014Records 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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