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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Scalloway Lane Cambuslang G72 8HN
Received 13 Mar 20171 Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7RX
Received 23 Feb 20175 Kirkbean Avenue Rutherglen G73 4EA
Received 5 Oct 201569 Struthers Crescent East Kilbride G74 3LF
Received 15 Sept 2015Hallburn House Darvel Road Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 7 Sept 2015Salvation Army Hall Keith Street Hamilton ML3 7BL
Received 31 Aug 201588 High Street Lanark ML11 7ET
Received 4 Jun 20156 Napier Gardens Blackwood ML11 9YE
Received 1 Jun 2015West Rogerton Cottage Markethill Road East Kilbride G74 4NU
Received 28 May 2015Douglas West Douglas
Received 12 May 2015104 High Street Biggar ML12 6DH
Received 6 May 2015The Hunter Health Centre Andrew Street East Kilbride G74 1AD
Received 4 Mar 2015Land To North Of Eaglesham Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 18 Feb 2015Site Off A706 Cleghorn Lanark ML11 7RL
Received 7 Nov 201428 Scott Street Hamilton ML3 6SH
Received 28 Oct 2014Tesco Superstore Lanark Road Carluke ML8 5AL
Received 21 Aug 201421 Poplar Crescent Quarter Hamilton ML3 7FG
Received 25 Jul 20145 Vicars Walk Cambuslang G72 8JS
Received 23 Feb 2017Millburn 100 Carnwath Road Carluke ML8 4DP
Received 20 Jan 2017Castleglen Cottage Glen Road Located At Rear Of Garden To Kittochbrig On Kittochbrig Side Of Kittoch Water East Kilbride G74 5BL
Received 11 Jan 201714 Gordon Terrace Blantyre G72 9NA
Received 19 Dec 2016Former Daks Site Strutherhill/Borland Drive Larkhall
Received 14 Dec 2016South Lodge Birkwood Estate New Trows Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JP
Received 11 Nov 2016Caley Ocean Systems Mavor Avenue Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4PU
Received 30 Aug 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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