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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5DX
Received 17 Nov 201568 Newmilns Gardens Blantyre G72 0JQ
Received 17 Nov 20155 Gardenhall Court East Kilbride G75 8SJ
Received 29 Oct 2015Mercedes Benz, Johnstone Road Hamilton ML3 7JP
Received 26 Oct 201528 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 27 May 20151 Blackwood East Kilbride G75 0SG
Received 31 Mar 201516 Cornfoot Crescent East Kilbride G74 3ZB
Received 1 Oct 201417 Whinknowe Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AP
Received 6 Jul 20165 Daly Gardens Blantyre G72 9RR
Received 30 Jun 2016179 Kingsheath Avenue Rutherglen G73 2BZ
Received 28 Jun 20161 Allendale East Kilbride G74 4JD
Received 16 Jun 2016Attic Flat 18 Avon Street Hamilton
Received 17 May 2016Atholl House Avondale Avenue East Kilbride G74 1LU
Received 11 May 20161 Rutherglen Links Rutherglen G73 1DH
Received 9 May 20166 Dechmont Place Cambuslang G72 8UZ
Received 9 May 201660 Urquhart Drive East Kilbride G74 4DE
Received 25 Apr 2016Various Locations Along Roads Serving The Coultershaw Forest Area South West Of Coulter Village Near Biggar
Received 11 Apr 201619 Forest Kirk Carluke ML8 4PU
Received 20 Jan 2016Blairtum Park House 34 Broomieknowe Road Rutherglen Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 11 Jan 2016203 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JJ
Received 6 Jan 2016Craighall Cottage Larkhall
Received 21 Dec 201539 Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7QS
Received 12 Nov 201515 Baillie Drive East Kilbride G74 3JZ
Received 21 Oct 20155-7 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1NY
Received 20 Oct 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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