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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Glen Doll East Kilbride G74 3SU
Received 5 Jan 20154 - 6 Main Street The Village East Kilbride G74 4JH
Received 2 Dec 2014Brierybank 24 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9AH
Received 29 Nov 2017Gillfoot Nursery Carluke ML8 5PY
Received 11 Jul 2017130 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PA
Received 26 Jun 201728 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HS
Received 20 Jun 2017Touchbase Lanarkshire 4 Leys Park & 57 Argyle Drive Hamilton ML3 9EQ
Received 12 Jun 2017Land At Halls Burn Drumclog
Received 23 May 2017Lanark Police Station 27 Westport Lanark ML11 9HB
Received 16 May 2017The Bakery 10 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JH
Received 12 Apr 201747 Callaghan Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PS
Received 6 Apr 2017East Overton Strathaven
Received 4 Apr 20177 Loaningdale Avenue Biggar ML12 6GT
Received 24 Jan 20181 Ettrick Hill East Kilbride G74 3AN
Received 1 Nov 2017Land 75M Northeast Of The Bungalow Byretown Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark
Received 30 Aug 20172 Orchard Green East Kilbride G74 3JX
Received 29 Aug 2017Greyfriars Greyfriars Road Uddingston G71 7RS
Received 21 Aug 2017Kings Park Hotel Mill Street Rutherglen G73 2LX
Received 13 May 201538 Holm Road Crossford Carluke ML8 5RG
Received 18 Apr 2017Land Adjacent To Lidl Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7HA
Received 6 Apr 201730 Wakefield Avenue North Allerton East Kilbride G75 8HG
Received 31 Jan 201727 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 20 Dec 201616 Viewpark Drive Burnside G73 3QD
Received 25 Oct 20163 Dunclutha Drive Bothwell G71 8SQ
Received 15 Sept 2016Records 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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