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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
30,250 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Morriston Park Drive Cambuslang G72 7NQ
Received 30 Jun 201043 Union Street Hamilton ML3 6PA
Received 30 Jun 2010Middle Quarter Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QE
Received 28 Jun 2010Plot Adjacent To Plot 7 Neidpath Road Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke ML8 5UF
Received 28 Jun 201089 Main Street Carnwath
Received 6 Oct 2009Carnduff House Carnduff Highway Strathaven ML10 6RP
Received 22 Mar 201010 Laurel Wynd Cambuslang
Received 22 Mar 201030 Burnfoot Crescent Rutherglen
Received 22 Mar 201060 Cairns Road Cambuslang
Received 22 Mar 201032 Kelvin Crescent Murray East Kilbride G75 0TY
Received 22 Mar 20104 Hunting Lodge Gardens Hamilton ML3 7EB
Received 18 Mar 201018 Burnside Place Larkhall
Received 17 Mar 2010184-188 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 17 Mar 201015 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DR
Received 16 Mar 201022 Tulliallan Place St. Leonards East Kilbride G74 2EG
Received 16 Mar 2010Newlands Dairy Newlands Road East Kilbride G75
Received 16 Mar 201096-102 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 15 Mar 20106 Shawton Road Chapelton ML10 6RY
Received 15 Mar 20102 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 15 Mar 20104 Rosebank Gardens Strathaven ML10 6HU
Received 15 Mar 20106 Victoria Avenue Carluke ML8 5AG
Received 12 Mar 2010Robert Smillie Crescent Strutherhill Larkhall
Received 6 May 2009Unit 2A Hillhouse Road Hamilton
Received 6 May 2009Townhead Of Priestgill Westlodge Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 30 Apr 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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