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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Myers Crescent Uddingston G71 7NJ
Received 16 Jun 201025 Jura Drive Blantyre G72 9LJ
Received 16 Jun 201047 Andrew Paton Way Burnbank Hamilton ML3 0GA
Received 16 Jun 2010Nerc Building Scottish Enterprise Technology Park Rankine Avenue
Received 15 Jun 2010105 Leeward Circle Westwood East Kilbride
Received 15 Jun 20102 Whin Hill Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 15 Jun 2010Laigh Fieldhead Craigend Road Auldhouse
Received 15 Jun 2010Kiln Cottage Howburn Farm Elsrickle ML12 6QZ
Received 23 Feb 2010Lands At Dunedin Roberton ML12 6RT
Received 23 Feb 2010101 Whiteshaw Avenue Carluke ML8 5TU
Received 23 Feb 20101A Hardington Mains Farm Lamington ML12 6HS
Received 23 Feb 2010Station Cottage Auchengray ML11 8LW
Received 22 Feb 2010Shopmart 245 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 19 Feb 2010Plot At Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 17 Feb 201023 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9EZ
Received 17 Feb 20102 Wellbrae Drive Strathaven ML10 6JR
Received 7 Jan 201099-101 Glasgow Road Cambuslang
Received 4 Nov 200929 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride G75 0RY
Received 20 Oct 200962 Murdoch Road East Kilbride G75 0JS
Received 6 Oct 200928 North Back Road Biggar ML12 6EJ
Received 1 Oct 2009Unit 1/1 Castlehill Industrial Estate Tantallon Court Carluke ML8 5UF
Received 1 Oct 200925 Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 1 Oct 200926 Cherry Tree Drive Blackwood ML11 9TF
Received 1 Oct 20091 Mansefield Court Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TR
Received 30 Sept 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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