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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Greenholm Avenue Uddingston G71 7SY
Received 14 Nov 201610 Stanmore Gardens Lanark ML11 7RZ
Received 12 Jan 201614 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SF
Received 6 Jan 2016Five Jays Edinburgh Road Cleghorn ML11 7RW
Received 23 Dec 2015St Brides R C Church Whitemoss Avenue East Kilbride G74 1NN
Received 2 Dec 201510 Strath Peffer Law Carluke ML8 5SQ
Received 27 Nov 2015Land Next To Devonshaw Millrig Road Wiston By Biggar
Received 27 Nov 2015The Old Gardens Harperfield Farm Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TL
Received 28 Jun 2016Easterton Farm Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 15 Mar 2016Dumfries Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TF
Received 11 Mar 201616 Glen Isla Drive Carluke ML8 4RS
Received 29 Feb 201644 Chalmers Drive East Kilbride G75 0NY
Received 25 Feb 2016Lawside Meadows Stables Heads Of Glassford Strathaven
Received 18 Feb 2016Auldhouse Road East Kilbride
Received 18 Feb 20161 Hurley Burn Gardens Carluke ML8 5WF
Received 18 Feb 201689B Southcroft Road Rutherglen G73 1UG
Received 11 Jan 201623 Catacol Grove East Kilbride G75 9FD
Received 6 Jan 201636 Castle Street Hamilton ML3 6BU
Received 15 Dec 2015Gainerhill Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 12 Nov 2015Stewartfield Farm Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride G74 4NP
Received 6 Nov 201520 Albany Drive Rutherglen G73 3QN
Received 27 Oct 2015Glen Mark Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3NX
Received 19 Oct 201571 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FG
Received 30 Mar 2016108 Applegate Drive East Kilbride G75 9FG
Received 29 Mar 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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