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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4A Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 17 Aug 201023 The Murray Square East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0BH
Received 12 Aug 20106 Glenmavis Crescent Carluke
Received 30 Sept 201020 Ardochrig East Kilbride G75 8FG
Received 7 Sept 201030 Davies Acre Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 5BZ
Received 7 Sept 201026 Pentland Crescent Larkhall ML9 1UR
Received 1 Sept 20101 Coll East Kilbride G74 2DS
Received 16 Aug 201079 Carron Place Kelvin Ind Est East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 16 Aug 201020 Wellington East Kilbride G75 8RB
Received 16 Aug 2010116 Mount Cameron Drive South East Kilbride G74 2LN
Received 28 Jul 2010Plot 4 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 15 Feb 2010Plot At Welldale Lane East Town Nemphlar ML11 0JF
Received 15 Feb 201033 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 12 Feb 2010Plot 2 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 17 Sept 200966 Maple Drive Larkhall
Received 7 Jan 2010Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 29 Dec 20096 Craigwell Avenue Rutherglen
Received 18 Dec 200943 Pitcairn Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TP
Received 8 Dec 2009515 Carlisle Road Lesmahagow ML11 0JU
Received 11 Sept 200912 Church Street Larkhall ML9 1HE
Received 26 Oct 201028-32 Somervell Street Cambuslang G72 7DZ
Received 7 Oct 201039 Carmuir Forth
Received 3 Aug 2010Water Tower Beech Grove Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9DJ
Received 23 Jul 201024 Loch Assynt St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2DW
Received 23 Jul 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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