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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
30,347 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5DZ
Received 6 Dec 201752 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 6 Dec 201724 Honeysuckle Drive Cambuslang G72 6PE
Received 5 Dec 20178 Murdoch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8WP
Received 22 Nov 201714 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen G73 3QD
Received 31 Oct 201754 Drumgray Avenue Uddingston G71 7FD
Received 26 Oct 2017The Bungalow The Ferme Glassford ML10 6TB
Received 23 Oct 2017160 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AF
Received 16 Oct 201725 Westfarm Drive Cambuslang G72 7RG
Received 9 Oct 201740 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QG
Received 3 Oct 201747 Tannahill Drive East Kilbride G74 3HR
Received 20 Sept 2017Vacant Land Adjacent To 1 Barefield Street Larkhall ML9 2BY
Received 20 Sept 2017Scottish Government Property Advice Division Rex House Suite 'C' 103 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 19 Sept 201779 Main Street Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HH
Received 19 Sept 2017Flatted Development At Former 9 Kirkton Street And 9 Union Street Union Street Carluke South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Sept 2017Greenhills Bar Greenhills Square East Kilbride G75 8TT
Received 18 Sept 20156 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 27 Aug 201514 Redwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SZ
Received 4 Aug 201518 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1DL
Received 2 Jul 2015Heads Point Nursery Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PL
Received 25 Jun 20157 Margaret Road Hamilton ML3 0LB
Received 24 Jun 2015Site To South Of Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 16 Feb 2015Hareshaw Hill, At Land East Of Carnacoup 1KM South West Of Glespin
Received 16 Feb 2015Land West Of Carmacoup 2KM West Of Glespin
Received 16 Feb 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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