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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hitteril Daerside Elvanfoot ML12 6TJ
Received 28 Sept 2010Brownhill Farm Libberton Carnwath ML11 8LX
Received 28 Sept 20109 - 11 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 16 Sept 201014 Nethan Glen Crossford ML8 5QU
Received 2 Sept 201015 Lytham Meadows Bothwell G71 8ED
Received 13 Aug 2010Howford Farm Lanark
Received 5 Aug 2010Lesserlin Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UN
Received 28 Jul 2010West Mains Farm Newbigging ML11 8NB
Received 28 Jul 201036 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 15 Jan 201026 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang
Received 15 Jan 2010Plots 301-348 Newton Farm Newton Farm Road Cambuslang G72 7UQ
Received 20 Aug 2010Duneaton Quarry Dod Wood West Of Abington Services Abington
Received 19 Aug 2010Glengavel House Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RF
Received 1 Jun 2010Hunter Primary School Crawford Drive East Kilbride G74 3YB
Received 1 Jun 201057 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall ML9 2RL
Received 20 May 201035 Cityford Crescent Rutherglen G73 2QR
Received 25 Feb 201023 Walnut Grove East Kilbride G75 9EZ
Received 23 Sept 2010New Look Unit 1 1-4 The Plaza Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 23 Sept 2010Ravenstruther Coal Loading Terminal Ayr Road Ravenstruther ML11 8NN
Received 8 Sept 2010Unit 5 Ashley Drive Bothwell
Received 18 Aug 20104A Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DQ
Received 17 Aug 20107 Knights Gate Bothwell G71 8SS
Received 17 Aug 201065A Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DD
Received 17 Aug 2010Former Burgh Primary School King Street Rutherglen G73 4RJ
Received 11 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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