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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Queensway House Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G79 1AA
Received 22 Dec 201423 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BW
Received 27 Oct 2014136 Lindores Drive East Kilbride G74 1HQ
Received 27 Oct 201410 Dunlin Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4RU
Received 27 Oct 2014Dunroamin 10 Bushelhead Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NA
Received 30 Sept 20142 Manse Road Carstairs Lanark ML11 8PZ
Received 28 Jul 2014157 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 28 Jul 201417 Oak Lea Hamilton ML3 7NJ
Received 30 Nov 2017Former Police Station 31 Green Street Strathaven ML10 6LT
Received 23 Nov 201722 Hawkwood East Kilbride G75 0DU
Received 23 Nov 2017Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse ML9 3PR
Received 7 Jun 20164 Tay Court East Kilbride G75 8XA
Received 24 May 2016East Rogerton Farm Nerston Road East Kilbride G74 4NX
Received 24 May 201617 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AA
Received 4 Apr 2016Undershield Hill Farm Station Road Carluke ML8 5PT
Received 7 Mar 2016Land At Albion Court Biggar
Received 8 Feb 2016Davaar Kirkstyle 75 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 25 Jan 201684 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FH
Received 9 Mar 20173 Larch Drive East Kilbride G75 9HD
Received 2 Feb 2017Land At Leichford Cleghorn Road Lanark
Received 26 Jan 20175 Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DS
Received 26 Jan 2017Muirhouse Farm Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9XH
Received 9 Nov 2016Land At Cambuslang Road Glasgow G72 7TS
Received 3 Nov 201677 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EP
Received 17 Oct 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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