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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
30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
57 McNeil Street Larkhall
Received 18 Dec 200712 Hawthorn Avenue Cambuslang G72 7AE
Received 10 Aug 2010The Old School 104 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Larkhall
Received 19 Jan 2009Lawside Farm Jackton Road Jackton East Kilbride G75 8RR
Received 9 Feb 2009Pod H21 Lindsayfield East Kilbride (Phase 2)
Received 9 Feb 200914 Clyde Avenue Ferniegair
Received 11 Feb 200957 Bent Road Hamilton ML3 6PU
Received 30 Apr 20101 Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0HT
Received 18 Oct 2010Springhill Street Douglas
Received 25 Feb 201037 Eastwood Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0AG
Received 22 Feb 201012 Cooper Avenue Carluke ML8 5US
Received 24 Sept 201099 Braidwood Road Braidwood ML8 5NU
Received 25 Jun 201012C Lawhill Road Law ML8 5JQ
Received 14 May 2009Brackenhill Farm Law ML8 5GA
Received 9 Apr 200982 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 22 Sept 20096B Westfield Avenue Rutherglen
Received 27 May 200951 Elphinstone Crescent East Kilbride
Received 25 Mar 2009Westmill Farmhouse Dolphinton EH46 7HH
Received 16 Feb 200950 Dunrobin Crescent East Kilbride G74 4SU
Received 19 May 2010Land At Poniel/Happendon Wood South Lanarkshire
Received 7 Apr 201032 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 22 Sept 2010241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RJ
Received 20 Apr 201011 Mansefield Avenue Cambuslang
Received 26 Mar 201044 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 12 Oct 2009Records 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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