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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
30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Moor Road Cartland ML11 7RD
Received 4 Oct 20075 Springdale Drive Biggar ML12 6AZ
Received 4 Oct 20073 Wellbrae Larkhall
Received 25 Sept 200779 Walnut Gate Cambuslang
Received 1 Aug 200786A Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HH
Received 28 Nov 2007Kirkland Park Strathaven
Received 3 Dec 20078 Ermelo Gardens East Kilbride G75 9PD
Received 3 Dec 2007Units 1 - 3 Princes Mall East Kilbride Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 3 Dec 2007Fishescoates Service Station East Kilbride Road, Rutherglen
Received 3 Dec 2007Plot 6 Langlands Drive Langlands Park Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YY
Received 3 Dec 2007Braes Bar 161 East Kilbride Road, Rutherglen
Received 3 Dec 20073 Philipshill Grove East Kilbride
Received 3 Dec 20071 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 3 Dec 20074 Milton Avenue Cambuslang
Received 3 Dec 200751 Hillend Road Rutherglen
Received 3 Dec 200715 Buller Crescent Castleview Blantyre
Received 27 Jul 200736 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 20 Jul 20073 Wardlaw Drive Rutherglen
Received 20 Jul 200746 High Street Carluke ML8 4AJ
Received 25 Sept 200771 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 25 Sept 200725B Hope Street Lanark
Received 25 Sept 200721 Laverockhall Lanark ML11 7HZ
Received 25 Sept 2007Ymca Wiston Lodge Wiston Near Biggar, ML12 6HT
Received 16 Jan 20085 Larch Gait Cambuslang
Received 4 Jan 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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