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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
32 Cityford Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 Oct 2008156 Kylepark Drive Uddingston
Received 14 Jul 20089 Common Green Strathaven
Received 4 Mar 2009Plots 101 To 127 (Formerly Plots 17 To 34) Bogton Farm Peel Road East Kilbride G74 5PL
Received 2 Mar 20094 Millholm Road Strathaven ML10 6DB
Received 2 Mar 200929 Paxton Crescent East Kilbride
Received 2 Mar 200910 Nethan View Blackwood
Received 2 Mar 200916 Albion Way Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YN
Received 2 Mar 200925 Main Street Bothwell
Received 27 Feb 2009Riva Restaurant 1 Main Street Bothwell
Received 27 Feb 2009Draffan Farm Blackwood ML11 9PW
Received 26 Feb 20095 Heathfield Drive Kirkmuirhill ML11 9SR
Received 26 Feb 200946 Spruce Drive Cambuslang
Received 22 Jul 200826 Hamilton Drive Cambuslang
Received 22 Jul 200826 Ochiltree Drive Hamilton
Received 4 Jul 20084 Linwood Terrace Hamilton
Received 4 Jul 200862 Forres Street Blantyre
Received 11 Jun 2008St John The Baptist Primary School 100 North British Road Uddingston
Received 4 Jul 200870 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 2 Sept 2008Clydeside Farm Lamington ML12 6US
Received 31 Jul 2008Persilands Cottage Carwood Road Biggar ML12 6LX
Received 31 Jul 2008Plot 2 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 31 Jul 200831 Cameronian Drive Carluke
Received 31 Jul 2008Phase 1 Residential Development Bellfield Coalburn ML11 0LT
Received 1 Jul 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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