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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
30,338 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Laurel Court Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7BD
Received 20 May 2014Plot Of Vacant Ground Between 144 And 148 Station Road Blantyre G72
Received 20 May 2014Woodside Primary School Johnstone Road Silvertonhill Hamilton ML3 7JR
Received 19 May 20143 Vanderlin Court Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9ZL
Received 15 May 201421 Westfarm Drive Cambuslang G72 7RG
Received 7 May 2014110 Larch Drive East Kilbride Glasgow G75 9HG
Received 2 May 2014The Murray The Murray Square East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0BH
Received 30 Apr 201434-36 Calderwood Square East Kilbride G74 3BQ
Received 29 Apr 201420 Afton Gardens Blantyre G72 9TW
Received 28 Mar 20144 Abbotsford Road Hamilton ML3 0PN
Received 28 Mar 2014Former Stokes Buses Yard Avenue Road Carstairs
Received 20 Dec 201325 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 20 Dec 2013The Rose 11A Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 9 Dec 201341 Woodstock Road Lanark ML11 7DJ
Received 2 Dec 2013Greenacres Kersewell Avenue Carnwath ML11 8LF
Received 2 Dec 201328 Macdairmid Drive Hamilton ML3 8AZ
Received 28 May 20143 Holm Road Crossford ML3 5RJ
Received 28 May 2014K-Park Training Academy Calderglen Country Park Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 16 Jan 2014Sunvic Controls Ltd Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 6NP
Received 16 Jan 2014Land At Mavor Avenue Nerston East Kilbride
Received 16 Jan 2014Cleghorn Farm Cottage Cleghorn Lanark
Received 15 Jan 2014Plot 3 The Paddock Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QT
Received 16 Jan 2014The Old Manse Symington ML12 6LN
Received 30 Dec 2013Smyllum Water Tower Cameronian Court Lanark ML11 7GR
Received 10 Jul 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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