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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30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Devonburn Road Devonburn ML11 9PX
Received 7 May 2008Kerse Lesmahagow ML11 0HX
Received 7 May 2008Gallowhill Road North Vennel Lanark, ML11 7AG
Received 7 May 200817 Canonbie Avenue Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 21 Apr 200853 Auchengray Road Auchengray ML11 8RN
Received 6 Mar 200837 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 5 Mar 200824 Albany East Kilbride
Received 29 Jan 20088 Crosslaw Gardens Lanark ML11 9DL
Received 24 Jan 2008Leadhills Station Leadhills ML12 6XP
Received 24 Jan 200818 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 20 Mar 2008117 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 20 Mar 2008Build Center Unit 5 Fullwood Industrial Estate Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 19 Mar 2008Plot 9 Stephenson Place Hamilton International Technology Park High Blantyre
Received 14 Mar 200844 Westfarm Court Cambuslang
Received 28 Dec 2007Stonelaw High School 140 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 28 Dec 20072 Windsor Gardens Hamilton
Received 27 Dec 200750 Loancroft Gate Uddingston
Received 27 Dec 200792 Braidwood Road Braidwood ML8 5NU
Received 29 May 2008Craighowe Cottage (Otherwise Craigthorn Cottage) Glassford Strathaven
Received 21 May 2008"Broom" Peel Road Thorntonhall
Received 21 May 2008East Forth Road Forth ML11 8AL
Received 27 Feb 2008Croftlea Cleghorn ML11 8NZ
Received 27 Feb 200827 Auctioneers Way Lanark ML11 9FD
Received 27 Feb 2008Auchtygemmel Farm Auchnotroch Road Lesmahagow ML11 9XH
Received 27 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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