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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
30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plots 99 To 105 Tobermory Road, Rutherglen
Received 17 Jul 200710 Lochaber Place East Kilbride
Received 4 Sept 20076 Fulmar Park Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 4 Sept 20072 Park Place Thorntonhall
Received 4 Sept 2007Burnwynd Strathaven
Received 4 Sept 200724 Tynwald Avenue Rutherglen
Received 31 Aug 2007Plot Adj To Knockbank In Rear Garden To No 4 Lindsaylands Road Biggar, ML12 6EQ
Received 16 Aug 20076 Lithgow Place College Milton East Kilbride
Received 19 Dec 2007Plot At Belstane Town Farm Carluke ML8 4QA
Received 18 Dec 2007Plots 14/16 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 18 Dec 20074 Thirlmere Newlandsmuir East Kilbride G75 8HZ
Received 13 Aug 200711 Crofthead Street Strathaven ML10 6BB
Received 13 Aug 200798 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 3 Aug 200793 Logan Street Blantyre
Received 23 Jul 2007107 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 22 Aug 2007107 High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 22 Aug 2007127-129 High Street Lanark
Received 22 Aug 2007New Lanark World Heritage Site New Lanark
Received 22 Aug 200743 Leys Park Hamilton
Received 8 Aug 20079 Graham Place Ashgill
Received 8 Aug 2007130 Western Road Cambuslang
Received 31 Jul 2007203/205 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 31 Jul 2007China Cottage 34 Hamilton Road Bothwell
Received 31 Jul 20075 Hawthorn Gardens Larkhall
Received 31 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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