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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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
88 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 15 May 200743 Queen Street Rutherglen
Received 25 Apr 200758 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen
Received 25 Apr 2007293 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang
Received 25 Apr 200770 Reid Street Rutherglen
Received 25 Apr 20075 Balmoral Crescent West End ML11 8RX
Received 17 Apr 200753 Biggar Road Symington
Received 17 Apr 20076 Berriedale Path Blantyre
Received 1 Jun 20075 Wordsworth Way Bothwell
Received 12 Mar 2007Flats At 25-27 Whistleberry Drive And Garden Of 91 Backmuir Road Whitehill Hamilton
Received 12 Mar 200740 Toward Court Blantyre
Received 12 Mar 200739 Pine Crescent Hamilton
Received 12 Mar 2007Remploy Interwork 135 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 12 Mar 20073/5 Whitemoss Road Village East Kilbride
Received 9 Mar 200758 Richmond Drive Rutherglen
Received 7 Mar 2007Garden Of Orchard Lodge Crossford ML8 5PY
Received 5 Mar 20078 Stephen Avenue Biggar ML12 6AS
Received 5 Mar 2007Cormiston Farm Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 5 Mar 20073 Biggar Road Carnwath ML11 8LT
Received 5 Mar 20078 Airdrie Road Carluke ML8 5EW
Received 27 Feb 2007Westwood Lane Farm Nemphlar ML11 9JF
Received 27 Feb 2007Hamburg Garage Lawhill Road Law ML8 5HF
Received 27 Feb 2007Fulwood Burn Cleghorn Glen Lanark
Received 27 Feb 200750 Ivanhoe East Kilbride
Received 14 May 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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