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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
30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot A Dippool Farm Auchengray ML11 8LW
Received 9 Nov 2006Biggar Road Symington
Received 9 Nov 2006The Guide Hall Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7PB
Received 9 Nov 20066 South Cathkin Farm Rutherglen Glasgow
Received 3 Nov 20061 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang
Received 12 Feb 20074 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell
Received 14 Feb 2007"Birkdale" 47 Westport Lanark ML11 9HE
Received 14 Feb 2007Beechcroft Stobwood ML11 8ET
Received 14 Feb 200720 Wellburn Lane Lesmahagow ML11 0FP
Received 12 Feb 2007No 10 Stonebyres Holdings Lanark ML11 9UW
Received 12 Feb 20076 Abercorn Drive Hamilton
Received 12 Feb 200712 Waverley Drive Rutherglen
Received 9 Feb 2007304 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 9 Feb 2007Baxters Country Inn Highfield Drumclog Strathaven
Received 9 Nov 200636 Castlegate Lanark ML11 9EP
Received 6 Nov 200636 Castlegate Lanark ML11 9ER
Received 6 Nov 200610 Lake Avenue Lanark ML11 9BQ
Received 1 Nov 2006Unit 2 (Farmhouse) Brownrig Farm By Cleghorn
Received 1 Nov 20069-19 North Avenue Carluke
Received 31 Oct 2006A721 Peebles Road Carstairs
Received 8 Mar 2007Rawhead Farm Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 200732 Canonbie Avenue Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 200710 Strathallan Gate Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 2007Plot 2, 4 And 5 Clydesmill Industrial Estate, Cambuslang
Received 21 Jun 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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