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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mossplatt Farm Cleghorn ML11 8PA
Received 9 Feb 2010Bent Primary School Strathaven Road Boghead ML11 0JD
Received 9 Feb 201062 Murdoch Road East Kilbride G75 0JS
Received 3 Feb 201063 Strathallan Avenue East Kilbride G75 8GX
Received 3 Feb 201097 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EB
Received 18 Jan 20103 Westoun Steadings Coalburn ML11 0FW
Received 18 Dec 20093 Overton Park Strathaven ML10 6UW
Received 23 Dec 2009Land At Redwood Drive Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 16 Nov 2009101 Off Sales 14 Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 16 Nov 2009101 Off Sales 14 Montgomery Street East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 16 Nov 2009Plot 5 Carlisle Road Blackwood
Received 16 Sept 2010Broomknowe Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8RN
Received 15 Sept 2010Opposite Esso Petrol Station Kingsway East Kilbride G74 3DS
Received 14 Sept 2010101 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang
Received 11 May 20109 Stonehouse Road Sandford
Received 29 Apr 201014 Holm Street Strathaven
Received 29 Apr 201030 Mitchell Grove East Kilbride G74 1QZ
Received 30 Mar 201022 Westerdale Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4JF
Received 30 Mar 201055 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride
Received 19 Feb 201050 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride
Received 19 Feb 2010Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 19 Feb 2010187 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 19 Feb 2010187 Maxwellton Avenue Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 19 Feb 201035 Shawton Road Chapelton
Received 19 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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