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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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
147 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 9 Aug 2007Plot Next To 28 Greenlady Walk Lanark ML11 7EP
Received 12 Jul 2007Plot 3 Brewshott Farm Braehead ML11 8HB
Received 12 Jul 2007Manse Road Forth
Received 27 Jul 200788 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9RP
Received 27 Jul 2007Alpha Cottage Douglas Water ML11 9TX
Received 27 Jul 2007Leaburn Lodge Leaburn East Kilbride
Received 12 Jul 2007Plot 209 Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 12 Jul 2007Steading Building At West Millrigg Farm Wiston
Received 31 Oct 20077 Kirk Style Avenue Carluke ML8 5AQ
Received 31 Oct 20072 Pathhead Douglas ML11 0GJ
Received 5 Oct 2007Field Adjoining 'Burndale" 72 Hall Road Nemphlar ML11 9JE
Received 5 Oct 2007Land To South-West Of 3 Lockhart Drive Lanark ML11 9HX
Received 5 Oct 2007Plot No 2 - Old School Place Off Lawhill Road Law
Received 10 Sept 2007Bankhead Cottage 73 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9EU
Received 10 Sept 2007167 Brownside Road Rutherglen
Received 19 Jul 200732 Tweed Street Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 13 Jul 200789 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 15 Nov 200721 Springbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 12 Nov 2007134 Neilsland Road Hamilton
Received 12 Nov 200716 Capel Grove East Kilbride
Received 30 Nov 200728 Lochranza Lane East Kilbride
Received 30 Nov 2007Land Adjacent To Bamflatts Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 19 Nov 2007Londis Shop 74/76 Main Street Uddingston
Received 29 Nov 2007Records 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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