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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Leaburn Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 26 Nov 2009Unit 4 1 Glebe Street East Kilbride
Received 19 Nov 200923 Glassford Road Strathaven
Received 19 Nov 20095 Dove Place East Kilbride
Received 19 Nov 20094 Johnson Drive Cambuslang
Received 20 Jul 2010Co-Op Main Street Rutherglen
Received 20 Jul 20102 Strawfrank Road Carstairs ML11 8PP
Received 19 Jul 201028 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7PZ
Received 19 Jul 201015 Dalziel Way Cambuslang
Received 15 Jul 2010Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 14 Jul 201047 Redwood Crescent Torhead Farm Hamilton ML3 8SZ
Received 14 Jul 201049 Spinningdale Stonehouse ML9 3QS
Received 14 Jul 201035 Harlequin Court Torhead Hamilton
Received 19 Feb 2010Wyndales Mill Wyndales Farm Symington ML12 6HX
Received 21 May 20105 Kelvin Park South East Kilbride G75 0RH
Received 20 May 201016 Rosaburn Avenue East Kilbride G75 9DE
Received 20 May 201010 Lee Meadow Road Braidwood ML8 5PJ
Received 8 Apr 2010Netherton Farm Cottage Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11 9TD
Received 8 Apr 2010Part Of Greenhills Bar Greenhills Square East Kilbride G75
Received 1 Apr 2010Moat Park Heritage Centre Kirkstyle Biggar ML12 6DE
Received 15 Feb 201011A Victoria Road Rutherglen G73 3QF
Received 26 Apr 201037 Scotia Crescent Larkhall ML9 1HT
Received 21 Apr 201042 Gateside Walk Lesmahagow ML11 0BP
Received 24 Mar 2010Windyknowe Townhead Croft Elsrickle ML12 6QZ
Received 24 Mar 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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