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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30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Ash Place Greenhills East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 200866 Union Street Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 200837 Maclean Place East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 200810 Davies Acre East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 2008396 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 14 Jan 20081 Cleghorn Drive Lanark ML11 7QZ
Received 30 May 2008The Royal Bank Of Scotland 2 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BB
Received 30 May 200821A Ness Drive Blantyre
Received 1 May 200820 Wellburn Lane Lesmahagow ML11 0FP
Received 28 May 2008South Cottage Gilkerscleugh Crawfordjohn ML12 6SQ
Received 28 May 200815 Ochil Court East Kilbride
Received 28 May 20089 Carmaben Brae Dolphinton EH46 7HF
Received 23 May 2008Land Adjacent To 11 Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 23 May 200872 Lesmahagow Road Boghead ML11 0JA
Received 20 May 2008Land And Building To South East Of Huntlybank House Huntlybank Ravenstruther
Received 8 Apr 20089 Heather Road Nemphlar ML11 9JG
Received 8 Apr 20085 Belleisle Avenue Uddingston
Received 26 Mar 2008Lower Dykehead Farm Dykehead Farm Dykehead Road Stonehouse
Received 26 Mar 200839 Kirk Street Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 26 Mar 200820 Miller Street Larkhall
Received 26 Mar 200852 North Berwick Crescent Greenhills East Kilbride
Received 19 Mar 200810 Strathkelvin Lane Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 19 Mar 2008Site Off Chapelside Road Nerston East Kilbride
Received 19 Mar 20085 Spring Walk Hillpark Gardens Lesmahagow ML11 0FN
Received 22 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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