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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30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
89 Sycamore Place East Kilbride G75 9JU
Received 6 Sept 201021 Polden Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 27 Aug 201043 Polden Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 27 Aug 201023 Colonsay East Kilbride G74 2HE
Received 8 Feb 201072 Laurel Court East Kilbride G75 9JF
Received 25 Jan 201034B Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DT
Received 25 Jan 201023 Clarkin Avenue East Kilbride G75 9GS
Received 25 Jan 2010Temporary Meterorological Mast Located On Todd Hill Strathaven
Received 25 Jan 20104 Winton Park East Kilbride G75 8QW
Received 25 Jan 20107 Ardbeg Avenue Rutherglen
Received 17 Nov 200988 Scalloway Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Nov 2009Land At Poniel And Happendon Wood South Lanarkshire
Received 4 Nov 200912 Forth Court East Kilbride G75 8XE
Received 9 Oct 2009The Yard 1 Strawfrank Farm Carstairs Junction, ML11 8RF
Received 25 Sept 2009Johnshill Farm Coalburn Road Lesmahagow ML11 0JR
Received 22 Oct 201014 Nethan Glen Crossford ML8 5QU
Received 22 Oct 20101 Braeview Place Nerston East Kilbride G74 3XH
Received 22 Oct 201059 Teal Crescent East Kilbride G75 8UT
Received 22 Oct 201012 Loch Torridon St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 1 Oct 20095 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell
Received 28 Oct 2010Westburn Drive Cambuslang
Received 28 Oct 2010Kirkwoods 26 Mitchell Arcade Main Street Rutherglen
Received 28 Oct 2010Pavement East Of Main Street/McCallum Avenue Junction Main Street Rutherglen
Received 28 Oct 20106 Gemmell Way Stonehouse
Received 28 Oct 2010Records 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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