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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Cornwall Way East Kilbride
Received 15 Sept 2010Orchard Cottage Cornsilloch Farm Dalserf Larkhall
Received 15 Sept 2010Letham Mains Farm Cottage Lesmahagow ML11 0HJ
Received 30 Aug 2010Land At Westburn Drive Clydesmill Industrial Estate Cambuslang
Received 6 Aug 2010105 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen
Received 3 Aug 2010Flat 1, 66 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 30 Jul 2010East Kilbride Bowling Club 10 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride G74 4HG
Received 9 Jul 20101 Schiehallion Gilmourton By Strathaven
Received 9 Jul 2010Thorntonhall F7 Grazing Peel Road Thorntonhall
Received 9 Jul 201071 Union Street Larkhall
Received 7 Jun 201011 Anford Lane Blantyre G72 0QB
Received 7 Jun 2010Coulterhaugh Farm Biggar ML12 6PR
Received 22 Mar 20101 Nethan View Kirkmuirhill ML11 9YN
Received 22 Mar 201039 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DT
Received 10 Feb 201017 Trongate Stonehouse
Received 10 Feb 20101 Lethame Court Strathaven
Received 7 Dec 20092 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 7 Dec 200978 Maxwellton Road East Kilbride G74 3LY
Received 7 Dec 20094 Loch Maree East Kilbride G74 2DP
Received 7 Dec 2009Plot Next To Yett Farm Libberton
Received 19 Nov 2009Hardington House Lamington ML12 6HS
Received 19 Nov 2009Westsidewood Farm Carnwath ML11 8LJ
Received 29 Oct 20091 Couthally Gardens Carnwath ML11 8JE
Received 29 Oct 2009Plot 9 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 7 Oct 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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