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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
30,251 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Bowmore Crescent Thorntonhall G74 5DD
Received 12 Apr 2016136 Clydesdale Avenue Hamilton ML3 7SX
Received 11 Apr 20161 Redwood Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PA
Received 16 Mar 201730 Westport Lanark ML11 9HE
Received 15 Feb 201717 Montrose Crescent Hamilton ML3 6LP
Received 15 Sept 2016Linwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 1 Feb 2017Vacant Land Of Macneish Way East Kilbride
Received 23 Sept 2015Proposed New Dwelling House Plot 7 Hunterlees Road Glassford
Received 26 Aug 20156 Ridgepark Drive Lanark ML11 7PG
Received 20 Aug 201512 Chapland Road Lanark ML11 7QL
Received 12 Aug 2015Rear Of 261 Lanark Road Auchenheath Lanark ML11 9UU
Received 12 Aug 201545 Whitemoss Road East Kilbride G74 4JB
Received 5 Aug 20158 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang G72 8SX
Received 5 Aug 201570 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 29 Jun 2017116 Machanhill Larkhall ML9 2JZ
Received 2 May 201715 Law Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QL
Received 2 May 201765 Red Deer Road Cambuslang G72 6PY
Received 30 Aug 2016East Kilbride Sports Club Calderglen Country Park Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 19 Aug 201647 Coalburn Road Coalburn ML11 0LH
Received 2 Aug 20161 Priory Drive Uddingston G71 7DR
Received 1 Aug 201621 Murray Crescent Blantyre G72 0WX
Received 26 Jul 201625 Murray Road Law Carluke ML85HR
Received 22 Jul 20169 Young Street Strathaven ML10 6LH
Received 20 Jul 2016St Johns Kirk Symington Biggar ML12 6JU
Received 20 Jul 2016Records 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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