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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Brides R C Church Whitemoss Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1NN
Received 16 Jul 2014Cathkin Braes Reservoir High Flat Farm Road Carmunnock
Received 1 Jun 2017Duncraggan Care Home 73 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JD
Received 4 May 2017Pegasus House Bramah Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0RD
Received 13 Apr 20177 Neidpath Road Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke ML8 5UF
Received 10 Apr 2017Summerlee Raceway Merryton Road Larkhall ML9 2UL
Received 7 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To Beechfield Manor Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RN
Received 7 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To Beechfield Manor Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RN
Received 7 Mar 2017Peel Road Thorntonhall East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 2017117 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HP
Received 17 Feb 20173 Cairns Road Cambuslang G72 8PX
Received 9 Feb 2017Old Oak Inn 157 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3SU
Received 23 Apr 2015Prettsmill Farm Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TN
Received 17 Apr 2015Land Opposite A73 Near Thankerton Camp Farm Thankerton ML12 6PD
Received 18 Jan 2018Ridgepark House Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7RA
Received 19 Dec 2017Mauldslie Mains Farm Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 17 Apr 2015Blantyre Telephone Exchange Forrest Street Blantyre
Received 15 Apr 2015Clydebank Farm Nemphlar Moor Road By Nemphlar
Received 8 Apr 2015Southview Care Home 34 Howieshill Avenue Cambuslang G72 8PL
Received 8 Apr 201578 Bankhead Road Rutherglen G73 2NX
Received 7 Apr 201570 St Nicholas Road Lanark ML11 7HN
Received 17 Mar 2015Thornyhills Farm Thorniehills Road Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TW
Received 26 Jan 2015Newton Farm Newton Farm Road Cambuslang
Received 22 Dec 2014Newton Farm Newton Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7UQ
Received 22 Dec 2014Records 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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