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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
30,366 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Parry Terrace East Kilbride G75 8LL
Received 20 May 20153 Croft Walk Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6WA
Received 7 May 201555 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3JQ
Received 1 May 201535 Kingsburn Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2AN
Received 1 May 2015The Swaire Carwood Road Biggar ML12 6LX
Received 28 Apr 2015158 Brownside Road Rutherglen G73 5AZ
Received 28 Apr 2015Kameview Mouse Valley Drive Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NR
Received 28 Apr 2015Kirkfield House Kirkfield Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 21 Apr 2015Former Queensway Service Station East Kilbride
Received 21 Apr 2015Westfield Cottage Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6ST
Received 9 Apr 201512-16 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6DG
Received 1 Apr 2015Former Southcroft Service Station Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1ST
Received 24 Mar 201521 Fenwick Drive Hamilton ML3 7YG
Received 23 Mar 2015Eddlewood Farm Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 13 Mar 201559 Broompark Road High Blantyre
Received 18 Jun 201451 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1LB
Received 18 Jun 2014Unit E Watt Place Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0AH
Received 17 Jun 201425 Huntly Drive Cambuslang G72 8PU
Received 17 Jun 20141 Burn Place Cambuslang G72 7DS
Received 17 Jun 2014At Dippool Farm Carnwath ML11 8LJ
Received 16 Jun 2014Hillview The Marlage Candermill And Marlage Road Larkhall ML9 3DJ
Received 17 Jun 2014111 Philips Wynd Hamilton ML3 8PH
Received 17 Jun 2014Tileworks Cottage Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 16 May 201446 - 50 King Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EF
Received 8 May 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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