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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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang
Received 22 Mar 2007Vacant Unit Adjacent To 7 Millcroft Road Rutherglen
Received 22 Mar 200785 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen
Received 22 Mar 200727 Eriskay Avenue Hamilton
Received 23 Feb 200778 Stonelaw Drive Rutherglen
Received 21 Feb 200731A Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Feb 2007Carluke Pigeon Club 35 Clyde Street Carluke
Received 8 Jun 2007255 Climpy Road Forth, ML11 8EW
Received 8 Jun 200724 Scott Street Hamilton
Received 25 Apr 2007Plot 38 Badgers Way Torhead Farm Hamilton
Received 25 Apr 2007Townfoot Farm Blantyre Farm Road Uddingston
Received 19 Apr 20076 Millheugh Larkhall
Received 11 May 2007Broadlees Golf Course Chapelton ML10
Received 30 Apr 20079 Glen Bervie East Kilbride
Received 30 Apr 200757 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride
Received 30 Apr 200732 Crosshill Road Strathaven
Received 30 Apr 2007Townhead Of Priestgill Strathaven
Received 18 Jan 200723 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 3 Apr 2007Clydesholm Braes Adjacent To 18 St Patricks Road Lanark ML11 9EH
Received 16 Mar 2007Bankhead Farm Cottage Biggar Road By Carnwath ML11 8LU
Received 16 Mar 200732 Douglas Street Carluke ML8 5BJ
Received 16 Mar 200738 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 16 Mar 200740 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 8 Mar 20072 Polden Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 20 Feb 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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