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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Elmwood Manor Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8EA
Received 20 Oct 2017Land To The Rear Of 103 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 3 Oct 201727 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AS
Received 19 Sept 20178 Aitken Road Hamilton ML3 7YA
Received 13 Sept 2017Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 21 Aug 201741 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang G72 8SE
Received 14 Aug 2017Land Adj To Toll Pitch Pavilion Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72
Received 27 Jul 201724 Calabar Court Rutherglen G73 5RL
Received 28 Jul 2017Stanmore Farm St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7RS
Received 5 Jul 2017Land To The South And East Of Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 31 May 2017Site Of Former Gas Governor Philipshill Road East Kilbride
Received 23 May 2017Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G74 4GT
Received 6 Oct 20159 Strathblane Drive East Kilbride G75 8GA
Received 5 Oct 2015Tinny Bank Beattock Moffat
Received 29 Sept 20156 Clarkwell Road Hamilton ML3 9TQ
Received 24 Oct 201736 Sheepburn Road Uddingston G71 7DY
Received 14 Sept 20152 The Barn East Mains Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 8 Sept 2015Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G74 4GT
Received 10 Aug 2015Plot 3 Craigenhill Residential Development Smiddy Cottage Kilncadzow ML8 4QS
Received 2 Jul 20150-2 52 Lightburn Road Cambuslang G72 8UE
Received 15 Jun 20157 Kibblestane Place Strathaven ML10 6EL
Received 10 Jun 2015Land Adjacent To April Cottage Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride G74 3ED
Received 10 Jun 20155 Burnet Rose Gardens East Kilbride G74 4TE
Received 10 Jun 201523 Dillarburn Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 9PQ
Received 8 Jun 2015Records 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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