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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
30,332 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HY
Received 6 Jan 201453 Lanark Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PG
Received 17 Dec 2013Kintail House 3 Lister Way Hamilton International Park Blantyre G72 0FT
Received 17 Dec 201355 Fairlie Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 5SF
Received 17 Dec 2013Avonbank House Avonbank Road Larkhall ML9 1QS
Received 17 Dec 201330 - 36 Princes Mall East Kilbride G74 1JU
Received 17 Dec 201317 Bellshill Road Bothwell G71 8BJ
Received 11 Dec 2013Hill Rig Land At Greenbank Farm Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QR
Received 3 Jul 2014199 Main Street Blantyre Glasgow G72 0EL
Received 28 Apr 201444 Morriston Park Drive Cambuslang G72 7NQ
Received 28 Apr 20146 Elm Road Rutherglen G73 4JR
Received 28 Apr 201418 Kirk Road Carluke ML8 5BN
Received 28 Apr 20141 Sunningdale Wynd Bothwell G71 8EQ
Received 24 Apr 201495C London Street Larkhall ML9 1AQ
Received 24 Apr 2014Birkwood Castle (Formerly Birkwood Hospital) New Trows Road Lesmahagow
Received 24 Apr 2014Kersewell Avenue Kaimend
Received 16 Apr 201485 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NF
Received 23 Apr 20142B Cherryhill View Larkhall ML9 1BD
Received 23 Apr 201442 Sutherland Way East Kilbride G74 3DL
Received 23 Apr 201433 Woodlands Drive Lanark ML11 9FS
Received 22 Apr 2014Ground Floor Flat 2 Blairbeth Terrace Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4JB
Received 22 Apr 2014Ground Floor Flat 2 Blairbeth Terrace Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4JB
Received 22 Apr 2014Glencozie Farm Stonehill Road Carmichael Biggar ML12 6PH
Received 21 Mar 201423 Dunavon Crescent Strathaven ML10 6HB
Received 24 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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