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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Millheugh Brae Larkhall ML9 1AS
Received 23 Sept 2010Murdock House 29 Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 13 Sept 201052 High Blantyre Road Burnbank Hamilton
Received 23 Aug 2010Longlea Farm Netherburn ML9 6BS
Received 23 Aug 2010203-205 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 18 Aug 20104 Dalwhinnie Avenue Blantyre G72 9NG
Received 13 Aug 2010166 Auchinraith Road Blantyre G72 0XT
Received 12 Aug 201013 Colonsay St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2HE
Received 30 Jul 201015 McEwan Gardens Kittochglen East Kilbride G74 4SW
Received 30 Jul 201020 Spinningdale Stonehouse ML9 3QS
Received 28 Jul 201017 Snaefell Crescent Rutherglen
Received 23 Jul 2010Mechanics Workshop (Ground Floor) Mill Buildings New Lanark ML11 9DB
Received 23 Jul 2010Milton Lochart Estate Carluke ML8 5PZ
Received 23 Jul 2010Bamflatt Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6TA
Received 25 May 2010Victoria Wine Co Ltd 270 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 24 May 20104 Blairtum Drive Rutherglen G73 3RY
Received 24 May 2010The Byre Arpochill Farm Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 21 May 2010Toftscombs Crescent Stonehouse
Received 8 May 201093 Landemer Drive Rutherglen
Received 20 May 2010Robert Wiseman Dairies 159 Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4PA
Received 19 May 2010Land Adjacent To Carlan Udston Mill Road Stonehouse
Received 18 May 201014 Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 2010Wilsontown Ocs Cleugh Farm Wilsontown ML11 8ES
Received 9 Sept 201064 Mill Road Thankerton ML12 6NY
Received 10 Sept 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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