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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30,251 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 17 Mar 2008Plot Next Letham Farm Lesmahagow
Received 27 Dec 200763 Camnethan Street Stonehouse
Received 11 Jun 2008Land At Poniel Farm And Adjoining Woodlands South West Of Junction 11, M74 South Lanarkshire
Received 18 Dec 2007323 Strathaven Road Limekilnburn Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 200872 Burns Wynd Stonehouse
Received 11 Dec 2007217 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 25 Sept 200825 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 22 Sept 200891 Glasgow Road Cambuslang
Received 22 Sept 20085 Staffa East Kilbride
Received 9 Sept 2008Ist East Kilbride Scout Group 184 Park Terrace East Kilbride
Received 9 Sept 2008218 Falkland Drive West Mains East Kilbride
Received 26 Aug 2008New Farm Strathaven Road East Kilbride G77 0QZ
Received 26 Aug 20084 Kingsburn Drive Rutherglen
Received 22 Aug 2008Hamilton Road Industrial Estate Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6JA
Received 21 Aug 200820A Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 21 Aug 2008Nellfield Gardens Braidwood ML8 5GX
Received 5 Aug 2008Heatheryhall Farm Thankerton ML12 6NF
Received 5 Aug 2008Burnhouse Farm Cottage Carnwath ML11 8LU
Received 5 Aug 2008151 Western Road Cambuslang
Received 15 Jul 2008In Front Of Sports Centre Entrance Off Main Street Forth ML11 8AE
Received 11 Nov 2008In Front Of The Librarys Entrance Off Main Street Forth ML11 8AE
Received 11 Nov 2008Site Adjacent To Meadowfoot Road Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 28 Aug 2009By Biggar Medical Centre South Croft Road Biggar ML12 6BE
Received 26 Aug 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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