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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Rose Cottage Philipshill Road East Kilbride
Received 9 Apr 200937 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 3 Apr 2009Belmont House 57 Belmont Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Aug 200935 Langlea Drive Cambuslang
Received 17 Aug 2009Land At Vere Road/Strathaven Road Kirkmuirhill
Received 13 Aug 2009Brownhill Farm Libberton ML11 8LX
Received 13 Aug 2009Calder Water Wind Farm Land Adjacent To Hareshawhill Farm Drumclog Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6QN
Received 31 Jul 2009Bystone Peel Road Thorntonhall G74 5AG
Received 12 Aug 2009183 Glen Avenue Larkhall ML9 1LB
Received 9 Aug 2010Toftcombs Crescent Stonehouse
Received 9 Aug 2010West Windyedge Farm Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 18 Jun 2010Guildhouse Farm Braehead ML11 8EU
Received 17 Feb 2010Inverarity House Biggar Road Symington ML12 6FT
Received 17 Feb 2010Moorfield Tarbrax EH55 8XA
Received 17 Feb 2010Bottle Cottage (Plot 1) Guildhouse Farm Braehead ML11 8EU
Received 17 Feb 2010Knowetop Farm Stonehouse ML9 3PB
Received 1 Feb 201010 Beech Avenue Quarter
Received 1 Feb 201011 Kellie Grove Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 20 Jan 2010Graynes Farm Strathaven
Received 20 Jan 201020 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang
Received 10 Dec 2009No 11 Holding Stonebyres ML11 9UW
Received 26 Nov 200912 Carmuir Forth ML11 8AR
Received 26 Nov 2009Bankwood Farm Carnwath ML11 8HJ
Received 13 Nov 2009Teaths Farm Cottage Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 13 Nov 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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