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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
30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Melbourne Avenue East Kilbride
Received 19 Apr 200730 Dryburgh Hill East Kilbride
Received 19 Apr 2007Hamilton Palace 13 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 10 May 200710 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 10 May 200713 Townhead Street Stonehouse
Received 10 May 200723 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen
Received 9 May 20076 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen
Received 9 May 200716 Sycamore Way Cambuslang
Received 3 May 2007Leafield House Ayr Road Ashgill Larkhall
Received 13 Apr 2007Holmlees East Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 21 Mar 2007The Bed Depot 252 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Mar 20072 Gibsons Close Biggar
Received 16 Mar 2007Strathview Yieldshields Carluke ML8 4QE
Received 15 May 2007Muirhouse Farm Auchenheath ML11 9XH
Received 15 May 200742 Coalburn Road Coalburn ML11 0LH
Received 15 May 20075/6 Horners Place Leadhills ML12 6YQ
Received 10 May 2007'La Vigna' 38-40 Wellgate Lanark
Received 10 May 20071 Orion Way Carluke
Received 10 May 2007'La Vigna' 38-40 Wellgate Lanark, ML11
Received 10 May 2007Gowan Park Waygateshaw Road Crossford
Received 2 May 200715 Silverdale Crescent Lanark ML11 9HW
Received 2 May 2007Drumkerr Leadhills Road Elvanfoot
Received 2 May 2007Tulloch Gael Building Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QR
Received 19 Apr 2007The Long House Murdoston Place Abington ML12 6LB
Received 10 Apr 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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