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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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Larch Way Quarter
Received 13 Mar 200752 Dovecastle Drive Strathaven
Received 8 Mar 2007St Leonards Neighbourhood Centre St Leonards Square East Kilbride
Received 6 Mar 2007A702 Adjacent To M74 Elvanfoot
Received 2 Mar 200751 Lanark Road Braidwood
Received 2 Mar 2007Field At The The Mill Springfield Farm Carluke, ML8 4QZ
Received 25 May 2007Bogton Farm Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 8 May 200751 Lomond East Kilbride
Received 8 May 2007Braxfield Lodge 74 New Lanark Road Lanark ML11 9DA
Received 9 Jan 2007Muirhouse Farm Auchenheath ML11 9XH
Received 20 Apr 2007Croftonhill Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7RA
Received 20 Apr 200746 Manse Road Forth ML11 8AJ
Received 3 Apr 2007Plot 1, Mansewood Wilsontown Forth, ML11 8EP
Received 3 Apr 20074-6 Climpy Road Forth
Received 3 Apr 200762 Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0QA
Received 23 Mar 200772 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 28 Feb 2007Plot 2 Snowberry Field Thankerton
Received 30 May 200714 Orchard Drive Blantyre
Received 30 May 2007Land Adjacent To Carlisle Road (Phase 3) Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 30 May 2007Yieldshields Road Roadmeetings Carluke, ML8 4QG
Received 24 May 20071 Highmill Road Carluke ML8 4DL
Received 24 May 200724 Menteith Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 May 200756 Hillend Road Rutherglen
Received 15 May 2007Rutherglen Shopping Centre Main Street Rutherglen
Received 15 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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