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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
30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Wheatlandside Lanark ML11 7PQ
Received 5 Sept 2008Plot Adjacent To Bankhead Farm Cottage Biggar Road Carnwath
Received 5 Sept 2008Wyndale Wall Gardens Symington
Received 5 Sept 2008Bankhead Steadings Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9BU
Received 29 Aug 2008Bankhead Steadings Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9BU
Received 29 Aug 2008Kirktonholme Primary School Dornoch Place East Kilbride G74 6DJ
Received 18 Aug 200817 Simpson Drive East Kilbride
Received 4 Nov 2008Ross Cottage Sidehead Farm Strathaven ML10 6PB
Received 4 Nov 200846 Middlefield East Kilbride
Received 4 Nov 200814 Lochar Place East Kilbride G75 8BX
Received 4 Nov 2008341 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 3 Jul 200823 Cochrane Street Strathaven ML10 6ND
Received 30 Jun 2008243 Alberta Avenue East Kilbride G75 8HX
Received 30 Jun 200858 Burnside View East Kilbride
Received 30 Jun 20083 Westmill Rigg Wiston ML12 6HU
Received 25 Feb 200910 Strathnairn Avenue East Kilbride
Received 10 Oct 2008Auchentibber Farm Auchentibber Road Blantyre
Received 2 Sept 20081 Barassie Court Bothwell
Received 2 Sept 200811 Lammermuir Wynd Larkhall
Received 2 Sept 2008Poniel Opencast Coal Site S/W Of Junction 11 M74 South Lanarkshire ML11 0RL
Received 27 Oct 2008Parks/Jet Filling Station 136 Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 27 Aug 2008Kersewell Avenue Kaimend
Received 25 Feb 2009Coachhouse 40 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 25 Feb 200926 St Stephens Avenue Rutherglen
Received 18 Feb 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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