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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
30,392 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Murray Crescent Blantyre G72 0WX
Received 24 Feb 201722 Malcolm Gardens East Kilbride G74 1QX
Received 22 Feb 201786, 92 And 94 Wellgate Lanark
Received 10 Feb 201724 Allanshaw Street Hamilton ML3 6NJ
Received 9 Feb 20177 Birdsfield Street Hamilton ML3 0RD
Received 22 Feb 201726 Mossgiel Place Rutherglen G73 4LN
Received 19 Jan 2017Residential Site For Showmans Site At Fairbourn Whistleberry Road Hamilton
Received 4 Jan 2017North Brownhill Farm Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 7 Oct 201511 Glen Lee East Kilbride G74 3UU
Received 24 Sept 2015Blantyre Old Parish Church Blantyre
Received 15 Sept 20156 Broomhill Drive Rutherglen G73 3QH
Received 14 Aug 2015Shieldhill Road Quothquan ML12 6ND
Received 17 Aug 20152 Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 11 Aug 2015Gatehouse Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 18 Nov 20163 Hawthorn Avenue Cambuslang G72 7AE
Received 23 Sept 2016Benwillen Bents Farm Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven
Received 25 Jul 2016Greencross Nursing Home 2 Tabernacle Street Cambuslang G72 8JN
Received 24 Jun 2016Land To West Of Rowhead Court, Biggar
Received 10 Jun 2016Redwood Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PR
Received 23 Dec 20153 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8SE
Received 24 Jan 20184 Waterside Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PY
Received 17 Jan 20187 Library Gardens Cambuslang G72 8AL
Received 17 Jan 2018Orchard House Crossford Carluke ML8 5PY
Received 15 Jan 2018Plot 7 And 8 Muirhouse Lane Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 15 Jan 2018Records 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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