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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
North Torfoot Farm Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QG
Received 12 Oct 201012 Cityford Drive Rutherglen G73 2QS
Received 17 Sept 201037 Downiebrae Road Rutherglen G73 1PW
Received 16 Sept 201060 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 10 Aug 2010Mecca Bingo 60 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 10 Aug 201095 Elder Crescent Drumsagard Cambuslang G72 7GL
Received 10 Aug 20109-11 Station Road Law
Received 9 Aug 20106 Gibb Court Stonehouse
Received 28 Jul 201031 Main Street Uddingston
Received 28 May 20106 Orchard Place Hamilton ML3 6PG
Received 28 May 20103 Cedar Crescent Hamilton ML3 7LW
Received 28 May 2010Plot 14 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 7 Dec 200915 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 7 Dec 200915 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JP
Received 7 Dec 200940 Strathaven Road Boghead ML11 0GN
Received 4 Dec 20096 Green Ferns Kirkmuirhill ML11 9XT
Received 4 Dec 2009Newlands Dairy Newlands Road East Kilbride G75 8RS
Received 3 Sept 201045 Chestnut Grove Larkhall ML9 2AS
Received 3 Sept 201018 Low Quarry Gardens Hamilton ML3 6RH
Received 2 Sept 2010Shop Unit 3A Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3
Received 30 Aug 201017 Bracken Way Larkhall
Received 30 Aug 201018 Lanark Road Rosebank ML8 5QB
Received 30 Aug 2010Field Located To East Of Ayr Road And North Of Ashgillhead Road Shawsburn
Received 26 Aug 2010Ashgillhead Road Shawsburn ML9 2TZ
Received 26 Aug 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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