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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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Craigenhill Road Kilncadow ML8 4QT
Received 25 Apr 2007Backbrae Carnwath Road Braehead
Received 25 Apr 20072 Macneill Gardens East Kilbride G74 4TS
Received 24 Apr 200724 Iona Ridge Hamilton
Received 17 Apr 200781 Craig Street Blantyre
Received 17 Apr 2007177 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 4 Apr 2007Gilkerscleugh Cottage Crawfordjohn Abington, ML12 6SQ
Received 21 May 200746 Corsock Avenue Hamilton ML3 9DG
Received 8 May 200731 Highfield Road Larkhall
Received 8 May 2007Unit 6 72 Hillhouse Road Hamilton
Received 8 May 20075 McMillan Way Law ML8 5NT
Received 24 Apr 200720 Broompark Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0DH
Received 24 Apr 20075 Thomson Street Strathaven
Received 17 Apr 20071 Burnhouse Cottages Auldhouse
Received 17 Apr 200754 Station Road Law ML8 5LW
Received 16 Apr 2007Site Of Former Pembroke Inn 79 Strawfrank Road Carstairs Junction ML11 8RE
Received 16 Apr 2007Co-Op Food Store Braemar Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jun 200784 Hamilton Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jun 200784 Hamilton Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jun 2007Land Between Eaglesham Road And Hayhill Road, Jackton, East Kilbride
Received 23 Jul 200710 Naismith Court Stonehouse
Received 2 Nov 200722 Weavers Lane Glassford ML10 6FP
Received 1 Nov 2007Carcaston House Newlands Road East Kilbride G75 8RS
Received 1 Nov 2007East Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5RB
Received 1 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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