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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30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Meadowbank Cottage Covington Road Covington ML12 6NE
Received 13 Mar 2008Quay Road North Rutherglen Industrial Estate Rutherglen
Received 3 Mar 2008Philipshill Waste Water Treatment Works Westerfield Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2008Plot 52 Old Mill Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2008Plot 53 Old Mill Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 20082 Brightside Avenue Uddingston
Received 13 Feb 200823 Maple Drive Larkhall
Received 13 Feb 2008Holy Trinity Chapel Lamington ML12 6HW
Received 11 Feb 2008Holy Trinity Chapel Lamington ML12 6HW
Received 11 Feb 2008Land At Devonside Road Carmichael ML12 6PQ
Received 11 Feb 2008Area Of Land Adjacent To 57 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9RP
Received 11 Feb 2008Former Barn Carnwath Mill Farm Carmwath, ML11 8EY
Received 11 Feb 2008Site Adjacent To Carnwath Mill Farm Carnwath
Received 11 Feb 20086 Firlee East Kilbride
Received 1 Feb 20088 Simpson Drive The Murray East Kilbride
Received 1 Feb 2008Woodend Farm Carnwath ML11 8LR
Received 13 Feb 2008Braehead Primary School Carnwath Road Braehead ML11 8EY
Received 12 Feb 200812 Carnegie Gardens Blackwood ML11 9YB
Received 21 Jan 200854 Carstairs Road Carstairs ML11 8PS
Received 21 Jan 2008Westhills Cottage Newbigging ML11 8NG
Received 18 Jan 200832 Dillarburn Road Dillarburn ML11 9PQ
Received 18 Jan 2008Royal Oak Hotel 39 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JT
Received 18 Jan 200853 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PQ
Received 18 Jan 20081 Edinburgh Road Cleghorn ML11 7RW
Received 9 Jun 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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