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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mauldslie Kennels Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HG
Received 22 Jul 201537 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 12 Jun 201561 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 27 May 20155 Wilson Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QD
Received 14 May 2015Field To The North Of Crawhill Wood Quothquan Law Near Thankerton ML12 6NU
Received 27 Mar 201532 Hill Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EA
Received 27 Mar 201571-73 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 30 Jan 20154 Fife Crescent Bothwell G71 8DG
Received 21 Nov 20141 High Avon Street Larkhall ML9 1AP
Received 11 Nov 2014Land Adjacent To 121 New Trows Road Lesmahagow
Received 29 Oct 2014399 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2BT
Received 10 Mar 20152 Rorison Place Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AL
Received 19 Feb 2015Douglas West & Dalquhandy DP Renewable Energy Project Former Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site West Of Junction 11 Of M74 South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Feb 2015The Village Tavern 3 London Street Larkhall ML9 1AQ
Received 30 Jan 2015Comet Mavor Avenue Nerston Ind Est East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4QX
Received 30 Jan 20151 Orchard Gardens Strathaven ML10 6UN
Received 19 Jan 2015Culter Craigs Cottage Birthwood Road Coulter Biggar ML12 6PZ
Received 19 Jan 2015Field Adjacent To Culter Craig House Coulter
Received 19 Jan 201532 Springfield Park Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3RQ
Received 12 Jan 201532 Cornfoot Crescent East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3ZB
Received 5 Jan 201535 Whitemoss Road East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4JB
Received 24 Dec 201438 Rosslyn Avenue Rutherglen
Received 15 Dec 2014Baird Avenue Larkhall
Received 11 Dec 20145 Sweethope Gardens Bothwell G71 8BT
Received 10 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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