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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
30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Dunlin Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 19 Mar 20074 Springfield Place Strathaven
Received 19 Mar 200782 Berwick Drive Rutherglen
Received 16 Mar 200719 Dunlin East Kilbride
Received 15 Mar 2007Wester Kittochside Philipshill Road East Kilbride
Received 2 Mar 200758 Brownlee Road Law
Received 4 May 2007Plot 1 Easterhouse Farm Cobbinshaw, EH55 8LN
Received 4 May 2007St Gordians Causewayend Coulter, ML12 6JS
Received 4 May 2007Alkenaire Auchengray ML11 8LL
Received 22 Mar 2007The Knowe Carlinside Road Nemphlar
Received 22 Mar 2007Howford Cottage Hyndford Bridge ML11 9TB
Received 22 Mar 2007Shieldhill Road Quothquan ML12 6ND
Received 21 Mar 2007The Smiddy Shieldhill Road Quothquan ML12 6ND
Received 21 Mar 2007Land Adjacent To Braefield Skirling ML12 6HB
Received 21 Mar 200753 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PQ
Received 6 Jun 2007"The Paddock" Tarbrax EH55 8XA
Received 1 Jun 20076 Griffiths Way Law ML8 5HX
Received 1 Jun 2007Development Site Off Kirktonholme Crescent East Kilbride
Received 31 May 200724 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 9 May 2007Plot Adjacent To 17 Hunthill Road Blantyre
Received 9 May 2007Cathkin High School Whitlawburn Road, Cambuslang
Received 8 May 2007Camphill Vaults 1/3 Main Street Bothwell
Received 8 Jun 2007The Body Shop International Plc 40 Regent Way Hamilton
Received 31 May 2007Jenville Auchengray ML11 8LW
Received 23 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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