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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Cityford Drive Rutherglen
Received 24 Jan 20087-9 Kyle Square Rutherglen
Received 24 Jan 20087-9 Kyle Square Rutherglen
Received 24 Jan 200814 Craigwell Avenue Rutherglen
Received 24 Jan 200871 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang
Received 10 Jan 2008Plot 73 Old Mill Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2008Plot 70 Old Mill Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2008Plot 71 Old Mill Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2008A749 East Verge Near Kingsgate Roundabout East Kilbride
Received 11 Mar 2008A749 Kingsway East Side Approaching Whirlies Roundabout, East Kilbride
Received 11 Mar 200816 Castleview Road Strathaven
Received 11 Mar 2008Park & Ride McNeil Gate Larkhall
Received 7 Apr 2008Holm Farm Millheugh Road Stonehouse
Received 7 Apr 2008Boots The Chemist 71/77 Union Street Larkhall
Received 7 Apr 2008Andrew Baxter Avenue Shawsburn Larkhall
Received 7 Apr 200817 Ridgepark Drive Lanark
Received 7 Feb 20083C Camnethan Street Stonehouse
Received 3 Jan 200862 Pentland Crescent Larkhall
Received 3 Jan 200839 Smithycroft Hamilton
Received 3 Jan 20086 Byretown Grove Kirkfieldbank ML11 9NY
Received 23 May 200876 Morven Avenue Blantyre
Received 22 May 200821 The Murray Square East Kilbride
Received 20 May 200860 Overton Road Strathaven ML10 6JP
Received 20 May 20088 Rannoch Wynd Rutherglen
Received 28 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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