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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Dexter Court East Kilbride G75 9BG
Received 10 Aug 2016Broadfield Farm Broadfield Road Symington Biggar ML12 6JZ
Received 23 May 201610 South Park Grove Biggar ML12 6GJ
Received 11 Mar 20167 Clydeview Bothwell G71 8NN
Received 9 Mar 20163 Pitlochry Place West Craigs Blantyre G72 0TF
Received 26 Feb 201632 Dunscore Brae Hamilton ML3 9DH
Received 26 Feb 2016Kings Park Hotel Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2LX
Received 23 Feb 20164 Tarras Place Cambuslang G72 7YP
Received 9 Feb 2016Townhead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 12 Nov 2015Land South East Of Boghall Road Carluke
Received 12 Nov 201510 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 19 Oct 201522 Kinloch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8QA
Received 9 Oct 201583 Turnberry Place East Kilbride G75 8TB
Received 9 Oct 20155 Bickerton Wynd Blackwood Lanark ML11 9GT
Received 9 Oct 20156 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 9 Jul 2015The Olympia Shopping Centre East Kilbride G74 1LX
Received 1 Jun 2015Plots 18, 20, 26 Priory Crescent Blackwood
Received 28 May 2015Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 30 Jan 201824 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 9 Jan 201865 Colvilles Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0PZ
Received 27 Nov 2017Dilmun Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Dec 2016Gled Knoll Met Mast Leadhills
Received 8 Oct 201529 West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NQ
Received 26 Aug 201510 Bertram House Bertram Avenue Carnwath Lanark ML11 8TB
Received 27 Nov 2017Records 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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