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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
30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
37 Macdonald Avenue East Kilbride
Received 12 Nov 2008Green At The Cross Junction With Main Street And Climpy Road Forth ML11
Received 11 Nov 20083 Muirhall Steadings Auchengray ML11 8GX
Received 7 Nov 2008Hardrig Head By Wandel
Received 7 Nov 20081 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 7 Oct 2008Brownhill Farm Libberton
Received 3 Oct 2008Pathhead Nursery Lesmahagow ML11 0JF
Received 12 Aug 2008The Poplars 4 Hamilton Road Bothwell
Received 17 Mar 2009Spar Station Road Law, ML8 5LN
Received 16 Mar 2009Land At The Old Manse Elsrickle ML12 6QZ
Received 16 Mar 200910 Moorside Street Carluke ML8 4EJ
Received 16 Mar 200911 Birchfield Place Strathaven ML10 6HS
Received 16 Mar 2009Hamilton House Caird Park Hamilton Business Park Hamilton
Received 12 Mar 200925 Generals Gate Uddingston
Received 30 Oct 200823 Alder Avenue Hamilton
Received 19 Sept 200818 Brankston Avenue Stonehouse
Received 19 Sept 2008Bogton Farm "Thornton Grange" Eaglesham/Peel Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Sept 20082 Righead Gate Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LS
Received 8 Sept 20082 Righead Gate Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 8 Sept 2008Kittoch Street East Kilbride G74 4JW
Received 8 Sept 2008Roadmeetings House Boghall Road Roadmeetings ML8 4QL
Received 19 Aug 200875 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 4 Apr 2008Unit 2D Hallside Court, Cambuslang
Received 27 Feb 20084 Walnut Gate Cambuslang
Received 27 Feb 2008Records 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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