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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 20 Dec 200743 Lavender Drive Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9JH
Received 1 Sept 200846 Houston Terrace East Kilbride G74 1DB
Received 1 Sept 200813 New Road Chapelton Strathaven
Received 1 Sept 2008Strathaven Academy Crosshouse Road Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9DG
Received 11 Aug 200811 Moffat Gardens East Kilbride
Received 11 Aug 2008Land To The East Of Hamilton Road Hamilton Road Industrial Estate Strathaven ML10 6UB
Received 11 Aug 2008BP Petrol Filling Station Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4AT
Received 11 Aug 2008BP Petrol Filling Station Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4AT
Received 11 Aug 20082 Shiel Place East Kilbride G74 4SG
Received 11 Aug 2008Oxbow House 6 Jeanfield Road Auchengray
Received 8 Aug 200898 Old Mill Road Uddingston
Received 9 Mar 200912 Vicars Road Stonehouse
Received 9 Mar 200915 Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 5 Mar 2009Millhouse Farm Millhouse East Kilbride G75 9DR
Received 5 Mar 200977 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre
Received 5 Mar 2009127 Drygate Street Larkhall
Received 5 Mar 2009South Lodge New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 0JP
Received 5 Mar 2009Whiteshawgate Strathaven ML10 6SY
Received 12 Sept 2008Between The Whirlies Bypass Roundabout & Nerston Roundabout East Kilbride
Received 25 Jul 2008Land Off Ayr Road Ravenstruther ML11 8NN
Received 16 Jul 2008Hallhill Farm By Crossford ML8 5QH
Received 16 Jul 2008Inn On The Loch 179 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9BJ
Received 16 Jul 20086 Jerviswood Drive Cleghorn ML11 7RT
Received 16 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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