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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
30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
260 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0NQ
Received 29 May 2008Wiston Primary School Wiston ML12 6HT
Received 29 May 20084 Glen Falloch East Kilbride
Received 22 May 2008The Royal Bank Of Scotland 88 High Street Lanark, ML11 7ET
Received 7 Apr 2008The Royal Bank Of Scotland 88 High Street Lanark, ML11 7ET
Received 7 Apr 2008Kames Golf Club Eastend Cleghorn, ML11 8NR
Received 7 Apr 2008Glen Road Kittochside East Kilbride
Received 29 Feb 2008Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride
Received 29 Feb 2008Land Adjacent To 24 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 24 Apr 2008Dungavel House Irc Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 14 Mar 2008Mill Cottage No.1 Carnwath Mill Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 10 Mar 20081 Blackhill View Auchenheath
Received 13 Feb 2008Cannonholm Farm Auchenheath ML11 9XA
Received 22 Apr 2008Greenfield Farm Darvel Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 14 Feb 20086 Tay Grove East Kilbride
Received 14 Feb 2008The Paddock Over Abington Farm Abington ML12 6SF
Received 17 Dec 2007Blair Farm Blair Road Crossford ML8 5QR
Received 17 Dec 2007324 Lanark Road Auchenheath ML11 9UU
Received 17 Dec 200727/29 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 17 Dec 200732 Annsfield Road Hamilton
Received 17 Dec 200729 Forth Crescent East Kilbride
Received 17 Dec 200718A Machan Road Larkhall
Received 17 Dec 2007Units B7 & B8, Plot 6D Langlands Square Langlands Drive East Kilbride
Received 26 Mar 2008Unit UR6 108 Centrewest East Kilbride Shopping Centre East Kilbride G74 1LL
Received 25 Mar 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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