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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
30,266 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Freshwinds Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 21 Jun 201625 Croft Road East Kilbride G75 0EH
Received 13 Jun 2016Land At Tupps Road Kilncadzow Carluke ML8 4QH
Received 19 Apr 2016Rigmuir Landfill Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 2 Dec 2015Aspen View Lesmahagow ML11 0HJ
Received 10 Nov 20155-9 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1NY
Received 20 Jun 2017Wester Yardhouses By Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 25 Apr 2017Lampits Farm Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RW
Received 25 Apr 201735 Shawton Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RY
Received 31 Mar 2017Heads Farm Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 10 Feb 20172 Corra Linn Hamilton ML3 9HF
Received 9 Feb 2017Grass Verge On South Side Of Hillhead Avenue Rutherglen
Received 9 Dec 201618 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1DL
Received 13 Apr 201611 Stirling Drive Rutherglen G73 4JH
Received 15 Mar 2016Plot Adjacent To 39 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7QH
Received 10 Mar 201642 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JX
Received 23 Feb 201612 Strathyre Gardens East Kilbride G75 8GP
Received 17 Feb 2016201 Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1SU
Received 29 Dec 2015Braidlea Cottage Station Road Douglas ML11 0RW
Received 18 Dec 2015Rigfoot Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 1 Dec 201553 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6NF
Received 1 Dec 20158 Kirkton Avenue Carluke ML8 5AB
Received 8 Sept 2015St Brides R C Church Whitemoss Avenue East Kilbride G74 1NN
Received 17 Jul 201568 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 2 Jun 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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