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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
30,216 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Burnside Hotel East Kilbride Road, Rutherglen
Received 4 Dec 2006Unit E, 35 Downiebrae Road Rutherglen
Received 4 Dec 2006Off Eaglesham Road Redwood Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 1 Dec 200654 Dovecastle Drive Strathaven
Received 1 Nov 200681 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 1 Nov 200629 Graham Avenue Hamilton
Received 19 Oct 2006Nethershields Farm Hamilton Road Strathaven
Received 19 Oct 20061 Marlborough Park East Kilbride
Received 6 Oct 20061ST Floor Flat 19 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 27 Sept 20067 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 18 Dec 2006Lochhead Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse
Received 18 Dec 2006Units 1 & 2 Coulter Park Farm Coulter ML12 6HN
Received 18 Dec 2006Greenrig Farm Greenrig Road By Lanark ML11
Received 18 Dec 2006Greenrig Farm Greenrig Road By Lanark
Received 18 Dec 200620 Coronation Drive Crawford
Received 15 Jun 20074 Westbarns Road Strathaven
Received 15 Jun 2007Sports Ground & Adjoining Land Bounded By Old Glasgow Road, Meadowbank Lane Strathclyde Path With Rail Line To North And River Clyde To West Uddingston
Received 15 Jun 200712 Newhouse Court Carstairs ML11 8QS
Received 15 Jun 2007Land To The North West Of Blackwood Garden Blackwood Estate Lesmahagow ML11 0JG
Received 15 Jun 2007Stonehill Farm Crawfordjohn ML12 6SU
Received 15 Jun 200712 Hillcrest View Larkhall
Received 15 Jun 200725 Crosshill Road Strathaven ML10 6DS
Received 27 Dec 20062 Polden Avenue East Kilbride
Received 27 Dec 200611 Blackhill View Auchenheath ML11 9XG
Received 27 Sept 2006Records 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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