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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
30,250 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Arpochill Farm Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 1 Aug 2014186 Main Street Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7EN
Received 14 Jul 2014102A Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EF
Received 3 Aug 201638 Glenburn Road East Kilbride
Received 25 Jul 2016Whitehills Care Home Scholars Gate East Kilbride G75 9JL
Received 23 Jun 2016Avonpark Nursing Home Lesmahagow Road Strathaven ML10 6BZ
Received 16 May 201628 Acacia Way Cambuslang G72 7ZY
Received 16 May 2016123-125 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 28 Apr 201614 Shearer Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FX
Received 11 Apr 2016Route 74 Truckstop Milton Industrial Estate West Teiglum Road Lesmahagow ML11 0HY
Received 30 Mar 2016Rear Of 26 To 34 Princes Gate On Glasgow Road Rutherglen G73 1LS.
Received 23 Feb 201610 Shoulderigg Road Coalburn ML11 0EL
Received 8 Feb 20166 Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 6 Jan 2016West Side Of Manse Road Stonehouse ML9 3NX
Received 21 Dec 20151 Kirkmaiden Way Blantyre G72 0JN
Received 16 Dec 201527 School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 19 Nov 2015Aikmanhill Lintfieldbank Coalburn ML11 0NJ
Received 10 Nov 20153 East Scott Terrace Hamilton ML3 6SF
Received 29 Oct 201522A Douglas Gardens Uddingston G71 7HB
Received 9 May 2016Broomhouse Campsie View High Blantyre G72 0TP
Received 5 May 20168 Ledvinka Crescent Hamilton ML3 0NY
Received 5 May 20168 Whitehills Drive East Kilbride G75 0NQ
Received 5 May 2016Bothwellhaugh 2A Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NE
Received 5 May 2016Land Adjacent To 99-101 Glasgow Road Cambuslang G72 7EH
Received 28 Apr 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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