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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
30,262 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Clem Attlee Gardens Larkhall ML9 1HB
Received 26 Jan 2017Land Between Nos. 14 And 16 St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EH
Received 16 Jan 20171 Calabar Court Burnside Rutherglen G73 5RL
Received 29 Nov 20164 Brodie Place East Kilbride G74 4SS
Received 28 Nov 20164 Glen More Carluke ML8 4RY
Received 28 Nov 201676 Dryburgh Hill East Kilbride G74 1JA
Received 15 Nov 2016Clydebank Farm Nemphlar Moor Road Nemphlar ML11 9JD
Received 30 Jun 201620 Lorimer Crescent East Kilbride G75 9AZ
Received 30 Jun 2016Unit 24 Goldie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Uddingston G71 6PB
Received 13 May 2016North Fieldhead Farm Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 5 May 2016Stoneyknowe Farm Sandilands Lanark ML11 9UA
Received 14 Apr 2016Sainsburys 3 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride
Received 28 Nov 20178 Beech Crescent Cambuslang G72 7XX
Received 24 Oct 201711 Bosfield Corner East Kilbride G74 4AZ
Received 31 May 2017Calladoon Calla Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LH
Received 23 May 20175 Crosslaw Gardens Lanark ML11 9DL
Received 17 May 201715 Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 19 Apr 2017The Crown Inn 3 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5DZ
Received 4 Apr 20175 Birchfield Place Strathaven ML10 6HS
Received 18 Dec 201759 Whitlawburn Avenue Cambuslang G72 8HX
Received 11 Dec 2017Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HS
Received 7 Dec 2017293 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang G72 7DB
Received 21 Nov 201745 Cloglands Forth Lanark ML11 8DZ
Received 20 Nov 201744 Bramble Wynd Cambuslang G72 6WU
Received 25 Oct 2017Records 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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