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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30,250 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
23 Glen Almond East Kilbride Glasgow G74 2JU
Received 14 Jun 201049 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang Glasgow
Received 11 Jun 201011 Cornwall Avenue Rutherglen G73 5AN
Received 10 Jun 2010Winston House Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 9 Jun 201038 Redwood Crescent Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7FZ
Received 7 Jun 2010No 1 New Kayes Road Auchenheath ML11 9XJ
Received 24 May 2010The Scots Mining Company House Leadhills ML12 6XP
Received 16 Jul 2009Alliance Pharmacy 43 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 18 Jun 2009Plot 8 Bellfield Road Coalburn
Received 18 Jun 200958 - 60 Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0QA
Received 18 Jun 2009Site Adjacent To 1 Silvermuir Road Ravenstruther
Received 2 Jun 200936 Springhill Road Douglas ML11 0QY
Received 14 May 2009Highburn Stables Dillarburn ML11 9PG
Received 14 May 2009Coldchapel Farm Abington ML12 6RW
Received 14 May 2009Unit 3 Candymill Lane Bothwell Bridge Business Park Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 200917 Bourtree Road Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 2009Unit 8 Palace Grounds Road Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 2009Avonbridge Hotel Carlisle Road Hamilton
Received 20 Aug 2009101 Glenfruin Road Blantyre
Received 20 Aug 20096A Johnson Drive Cambuslang
Received 13 Jul 200933 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 13 Jul 2009Unit 8 Braidfute Retail Park Lanark
Received 11 Aug 2010Oakwood Bellefield Road Lanark
Received 11 Aug 201037 Scott Street Hamilton ML3 6SH
Received 30 Jul 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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