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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
30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 27 Jul 20109 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 20 Jul 2010Parkview Main Street Symington ML12 6LJ
Received 4 Jun 2010Greenbank Farm Kilncadzow ML8 4QR
Received 4 Jun 201014 Southcroft Road Biggar ML12 6AJ
Received 2 Jun 2010124 Baird Hill East Kilbride G75 0EF
Received 19 Apr 2010Unit 2-4 Princes Mall East Kilbride Shopping Centre
Received 19 Apr 2010Viaduct Cottage Ayr Road Glespin ML11 0SJ
Received 6 Apr 201018 Abbots Knowe Lesmahagow ML11 0AJ
Received 6 Apr 201025 Leadhills Road Abington ML12 6FL
Received 6 Apr 2010Greenleeshill Farm Cairnmuir Road Cambuslang G72 8YL
Received 26 Mar 201022 Quantock Drive Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9GW
Received 26 Mar 2010Dunduff Quarry Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0JQ
Received 22 Mar 2010Greenhills Shopping Centre Lickprivick Road East Kilbride
Received 24 Mar 20101 Central Grove Cambuslang
Received 24 Mar 201062 Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 24 Mar 201059 Brackenhill Drive Hamilton ML3 8AY
Received 18 Mar 2010Wheatsheaf House Montgomery Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 17 Feb 2010Ross Cottage Sidehead Farm Strathaven
Received 17 Feb 2010Cleughearn Lodge High Cleughearn Road Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 17 Feb 20108 Orchard Gardens Strathaven
Received 17 Feb 201012 Hamilton Drive High Blantyre G72 9UB
Received 15 Feb 2010Vacant Land Strathaven Road/Udstonmll Road Stonehouse
Received 15 Feb 201052 Hardie Street Blantyre G72 0DB
Received 15 Feb 2010Records 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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