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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30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Spring Walk Lesmahagow ML11 0FN
Received 26 Sept 2007Bruach Spittal By Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 5 Sept 20071 Quarryknowe Lanark ML11 7AH
Received 5 Sept 200738 Carlisle Road Lesmahagow
Received 28 Aug 2007Corbilea Cottage Ayr Road Ravenstruther
Received 28 Aug 2007203 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank
Received 27 Aug 20078 Reay Avenue Springbank Gardens East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 2007Flat 21 Elizabeth Court 4 Stuart Street East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 2007South Cathkin Farm Rutherglen Glasgow
Received 5 Sept 200710 Princes Mall East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 2007Lindsayfield Greenhills Road East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 200715 Allan Place East Kilbride
Received 15 Aug 20071 Earn Drive Blackwood ML11 9SS
Received 18 Oct 2007Land Adjacent To 4 Camps Road Crawford
Received 18 Oct 2007Castlepark 80 Broomgate Lanark ML11 9EE
Received 18 Oct 2007Castlepark 80 Broomgate Lanark ML11 9EE
Received 18 Oct 200722 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Oct 2007Woodburn 68 Shieldhill Road Quothquan, ML12 6NA
Received 10 Jul 2007Glenbreck Caldwellside Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 10 Jul 2007Land At Bogton Farm Eaglesham Road/Peel Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 9 Jul 200723 Glen Nevis East Kilbride
Received 24 Aug 200735 Strathallan Wynd East Kilbride
Received 24 Aug 2007Aarcweld Scotland Ltd 7 Rennie Place College Milton Ind Est East Kilbride G74 5HD
Received 10 Aug 200710 McCallum Court East Kilbride
Received 10 Aug 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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