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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Abbotsford Avenue Rutherglen
Received 8 Sept 201018 Cornwall Way East Kilbride
Received 15 Sept 201023 The Murray Square East Kilbride G75 0BH
Received 15 Sept 20109 McKay Place Kittochglen East Kilbride
Received 15 Sept 201018 Lanark Road Rosebank ML8 5QB
Received 8 Sept 201030 Grieve Croft Bothwell
Received 8 Sept 201060 Mainsacre Drive Stonehouse ML9 3QH
Received 11 Aug 2010178/184-188 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 4 Aug 2010108 Owen Avenue The Murray East Kilbride G75 9AE
Received 11 Jun 2010Biggar Mill Biggar Mill Road Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 21 Apr 2010Biggar Mill Biggar Mill Road Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 21 Apr 2010Woodhead Primary School Woodhead Crescent Hamilton ML3 8TB
Received 29 Sept 2010120 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 29 Sept 201059 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 29 Sept 2010Former Burgh Primary School King Street Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1JY
Received 20 Aug 201010 Broompark Road Blantyre G72
Received 22 Jul 2010Land Adjacent To 21 Braidwood Road Braidwood
Received 15 Jun 201030 Forest Kirk Carluke
Received 15 Jun 20101 North Road Carnwath ML11 8HW
Received 15 Jun 2010Westoun House Westoun Road Coalburn ML11 0NH
Received 14 Jun 201020 Moss Road Strathaven
Received 14 May 2010Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 24 Dec 2009East Kilbride Thistle Football Club The Show Park Maxwell Drive The Village East Kilbride G74 4HG
Received 24 Dec 200968 Low Water Road Hamilton ML3
Received 27 Nov 2009Records 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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