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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
30,407 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 A Hallside Court Cambuslang G72 7FB
Received 4 Sept 2015St Josephs Church Mayberry Place Blantyre G72 9DA
Received 27 Aug 201551 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 4 Aug 20151 Eastcroft Rutherglen G73 3AH
Received 5 Aug 20159 Barn Lane Cambuslang G72 6ZQ
Received 4 Aug 2015Waulkmill By Carnwath ML11 8LG
Received 4 Aug 2015Hudsons 14 - 16 Cornwall Way East Kilbride G74 1JR
Received 4 Aug 2015The Crossing Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SL
Received 3 Aug 201523 Rowan Place Blantyre G72 9HL
Received 6 Jul 2015Land On Bellshill Road Uddingston
Received 27 Apr 2015Dykehead Farm Bellscroft Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0JQ
Received 5 Mar 2015On The Side Of 18 Uddingston Road Bothwell
Received 24 Feb 201563 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LY
Received 24 Feb 201515 Braeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HL
Received 3 Feb 2015Unit 35 16 Olympia Mall East Kilbride
Received 10 Dec 201447 Scholars Wynd Hamilton ML3 8RE
Received 5 Dec 2014Lilybank Oldhill Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 1 Dec 2014155 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 4 Sept 201474 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6QF
Received 25 Aug 2015Udston Farm Udstonmill Road Stonehouse ML9 3PB
Received 14 Aug 201542 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang G72 8BB
Received 26 May 2015Signs Adjacent To Carlisle Road / Valleyfield Avenue And Park Drive Ferniegair ML3 7GN
Received 21 May 201557 Shiel Drive Larkhall ML9 2TJ
Received 18 May 2015Auburn Cottage 12 Muirbank Gardens Rutherglen G73 2DL
Received 8 May 2015Records 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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