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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
30,358 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
At Land North East Of Flat Moss East Kilbride
Received 26 Nov 2014Vacant Field Adjacent SLC Glebe Cemetery Stonehouse
Received 25 Nov 2014Site To North Of Greenlees Road And East Of A719 Cambuslang
Received 24 Nov 201412 Rosebank Avenue Blantyre G72 9BB
Received 20 Nov 2014Bollan Park Peebles Road Carnwath ML11 8HU
Received 11 Nov 20143 Macgregor Court Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7GD
Received 12 Nov 20149 South Park Road Hamilton ML3 6PJ
Received 12 Nov 20147 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 12 Nov 2014Edenvale House Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PF
Received 12 Nov 201412 Muirfoot Terrace Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8PB
Received 10 Nov 201419 Brampton East Kilbride G75 8XL
Received 3 Nov 20141 Market Court Lanark ML11 9EX
Received 28 Oct 2014Land Associated With Rawhead Farm Millwell Road G75 9DX
Received 21 Oct 2014Land Associated With Lairfad Millwell Road East Kilbride G75 9DP
Received 21 Oct 2014Land Next 'The Pines' Abington Road Symington Biggar
Received 14 Oct 201435 Coylton Crescent Hamilton ML3 9NL
Received 7 Oct 2014Land At Park Farm Carnwath ML11 8LU
Received 7 Oct 2014Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 13 May 2014Gala Lea Stoneymeadow Road High Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 6 May 2014129 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DU
Received 6 May 2014Nether Kypeside Lesmahagow ML11 0JL
Received 11 Mar 2014Willow Bank 50 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DH
Received 3 Mar 2014Block 3 Unit 13A Dunedin Road Larkhall Industrial Estate Larkhall ML9 2PA
Received 3 Mar 2014The Paddock Newark House Strathaven ML10 6TX
Received 3 Mar 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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