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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
30,251 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Bonnanhill High Kype Road Sandford Strathaven
Received 30 Nov 2009Ardochrig (Whitelee Forrest)
Received 30 Nov 2009Craig Mill Haulage Yard Mill Road Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 30 Nov 200929 Mitchell Drive Rutherglen
Received 9 Nov 2009Aimee Lou's Snack Box 160 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 7 Sept 20092 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LB
Received 4 Sept 200923 Naismith Court Stonehouse
Received 28 Aug 20093 Garrion Place Ashgill Larkhall
Received 21 Aug 2009The Mill East Browncastle Strathaven ML10 6QW
Received 21 Jul 2009Site Of Stuart Hotel & Land Bounded By Cornwall Street/ Centre Roundabout 2 Cornwall Way East Kilbride
Received 14 Jul 2009214 Devonside Road Carmichael ML12 6PQ
Received 8 Jul 2009Inchiquinn Medwyn Terrace Newbigging ML11 8NH
Received 8 Jul 2009Plot 10 Bell Grove Off Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 8 Jul 2009Mine Cottage Tashieburn Road Haywood ML11 8ES
Received 8 Jul 2009Hitteril Daerside Near Elvanfoot ML12 6TJ
Received 8 Jul 200915 Smithycroft Hamilton
Received 21 Apr 2009Eleganza 4/8 Duke Street Hamilton
Received 21 Apr 200913 Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 15 Apr 2009St Marys Church Raploch Road Larkhall
Received 15 Apr 2009Area To The Rear Of 23 Shiel Drive Larkhall
Received 15 Apr 2009Carlisle Road Larkhall
Received 15 Apr 200914 Cherrytree Place Strathaven ML10 6JG
Received 27 Mar 2009Land At Little Scholars Nursery Scholars Gate East Kilbride G75 9DN
Received 27 Mar 200955 Dovecastle Drive Strathaven ML10 6BH
Received 27 Mar 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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