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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 East Greenlees Avenue Cambuslang
Received 12 Apr 2010Adjacent Garden Plot No 80 Bogside Road Ashgill
Received 12 Apr 201030 Wardlaw Avenue Rutherglen
Received 12 Apr 2010Rear Of 3 Holm Road Crossford Carluke South Lanarkshire ML8 5RG
Received 28 May 2009Crossbank Farmhouse Crossford ML8 5QN
Received 14 Apr 2009Greenshieldhouse Farm Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 14 Apr 2009Byrewood Orchard Hazelbank ML11 9XL
Received 14 Apr 2009Southern Development Area 2 Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 31 Jul 20094 Dalziel Path Cambuslang
Received 21 Jul 200925 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 21 Jul 2009Area F Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 17 Jul 2009Vacant Land Between Newton Farm Road And Harvester Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 Jul 2009The Steading East Coldstream Coldstream Highway Strathaven ML10 6SU
Received 17 Jul 2009Poniel Surface Mine SW Of Junction 11 M74 South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jul 2009Newhousemill Road Blantyre
Received 10 Jun 20094 Lytham Meadows Bothwell
Received 10 Jun 20099 Islay Avenue Rutherglen
Received 4 Jun 2009Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 1 Jun 200911 Union Street Stonehouse
Received 1 Jun 2009180 Kirkton Avenue Blantyre G72 0HB
Received 11 Oct 201030 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 6 Oct 201087 Woodfoot Road Hamilton
Received 28 Sept 2010North Crookedstone Farm Steadings Limekilnburn Road Quarter
Received 28 Sept 201012 - 14 Church Street Larkhall
Received 28 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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