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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
30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Field No 2 Plot 3 Greens Farm Newbigging
Received 23 Jun 20066 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 27 Mar 20061 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 5 Jun 20069 Waterlands Road Law
Received 2 Jun 2006Public Open Space Adjoining Balfour Wynd Mossgiel Lane & Harelesshill Primary Larkhall
Received 16 Aug 20067 Lodge Cottages Elvanfoot
Received 16 Aug 200696 Clyde Street Carluke
Received 16 Aug 2006Old Barn (Unit 2 Conversion) Dippool Farm Auchengray
Received 16 Aug 200638 Howacre Lanark
Received 16 Aug 2006Carlisle Road/Heathfield Drive Blackwood
Received 16 Aug 200619 Strath Elgin Law ML8 5LF
Received 16 Aug 20062 Braidwood Road Braidwood ML8 5PD
Received 20 Jun 2006Rankine Site Rankine Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Pak East Kilbride
Received 28 Jun 200652 Maple Terrace Greenhills East Kilbride
Received 23 Jun 200618 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang
Received 20 Jun 20069 Castlefern Road Rutherglen
Received 20 Jun 2006No 1 And No 2 Law Place Nerston East Kilbride
Received 25 May 200610 Dentdale East Kilbride
Received 4 Sept 2006Thornton Farm Cottage Thornton Road Thorntonhall
Received 16 Aug 2006Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 16 Aug 2006267, 271 & 273 Montford Avenue Rutherglen
Received 21 Dec 200612 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 13 Nov 2006177 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 13 Nov 200685 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen
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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