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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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Moffat Gardens Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 200725 Meadowbank Avenue Strathaven
Received 27 Jul 2007Flat 2 18 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 29 Nov 2007The Bungalow Merryton Farm Lanark Road Larkhall
Received 29 Nov 2007Newhouse Farm Lanark Road Ravenstruther
Received 29 Nov 2007Flat 2 18 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 29 Nov 200735 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre
Received 29 Nov 200735 Clove Mill Wynd Larkhall
Received 29 Nov 20078 Livingstone Gardens Larkhall
Received 29 Nov 200723 Montgomery Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 200712 Macnicol Park East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 2007Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 29 Nov 20071 Overstockbriggs Cottage Lesmahagow ML11 0HN
Received 28 Nov 2007Plot 2B Adjacent To Hurlawcrook Road Langlands East Kilbride
Received 17 Jul 200715 Bowling Green Road Strathaven
Received 17 Jul 20072 Righead Gate East Kilbride
Received 17 Jul 200746 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride
Received 17 Jul 2007Queensway South Ontario Park East Kilbride G75 8NA
Received 30 Jul 2007Bents Farm Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SG
Received 30 Jul 20077 Hunters Place East Kilbride
Received 30 Jul 2007Plot 63 Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 30 Jul 2007Macdonald Crutherland House Hotel Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 30 Jul 200752 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride
Received 30 Jul 20076 Fortrose Court Blantyre
Received 12 Jul 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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