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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Lilac Wynd Drumsagard Cambuslang G72 7GJ
Received 28 Mar 201732 Overtoun Drive Rutherglen G73 2QD
Received 10 Mar 2017The Sergeants Mess Robertson Drive Lanark ML11 9ZS
Received 9 Mar 2017Herons Point Mouse Valley Drive Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NR
Received 21 Feb 2017Old School Ayr Road Glespin
Received 25 Jan 20172 Breamish Place East Kilbride G75 8NF
Received 25 Jan 20173 Strawfrank Holdings Howes Way Carstairs Junction ML11 8SE
Received 1 Jul 2015Land Adjacent To Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 30 Jun 201549 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen G73 1DN
Received 25 Jun 20158 Sandhead Terrace Blantyre G72 0JH
Received 9 Jun 201510 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 4 Jun 201560 Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4LB
Received 22 May 201537 Glenfruin Road Blantyre G72 9RD
Received 11 May 2015Fairholm Lodge Carlisle Road Larkhall ML9 2UQ
Received 24 Apr 2015Clyde Windfarm
Received 13 Mar 2015Santa Lucia 47-53 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7JQ
Received 12 Mar 20152 Wellshaw View Hamilton ML3 9FQ
Received 18 May 2017Site South Of Avonpark Nursing Home Lesmahagow Road Strathaven ML10 6BZ
Received 4 May 201723 Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven ML10 6DY
Received 4 May 2017Site Of Former Rosebank Works 10 Bridge Street Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 May 2017Millmoor Farm Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TW
Received 20 Apr 201715 Collie Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WF
Received 18 Apr 201755 Redwood Crescent Cambuslang G72 7FZ
Received 5 Apr 2017Woodway Cottage Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UX
Received 20 Mar 2017Records 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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