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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30,251 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Village Green At Carstairs Road And School Road Carstairs ML11 8QD
Received 11 Nov 200840 Craigallian Avenue Cambuslang
Received 10 Nov 200838 Abercromby Crescent Calderwood G74 3DQ
Received 10 Nov 20081 Eden Grove East Kilbride
Received 10 Nov 2008222 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 10 Nov 2008Land At Dunedin Roberton ML12 6RT
Received 31 Oct 2008Plot Adjacent To 38 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 31 Oct 200848 Merrylees Road Blantyre
Received 24 Oct 2008Unit 2 1 Douglas Street Hamilton
Received 24 Oct 2008Castleview Stables Blair Road Crossford ML8 5QR
Received 13 Aug 2008The Royal Bank Of Scotland 88 High Street Lanark ML11 7ET
Received 16 Jul 2008Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11 8SQ
Received 3 Jul 200921 Main Street Symington ML12 6LL
Received 3 Jul 2009Whitelee Windfarm Located To The North Of The Irvine Valley, North East Of Kilmarnock On Eaglesham Moor In East Ayrshire
Received 16 Jun 200969 Hawthorn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 Jun 200912 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell
Received 16 Jun 200952 Springbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 16 Jun 20099 Watling Street Crawford ML12 6TY
Received 16 Jun 2009Victoria Nursing Home 16 Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 16 Jun 20091 Haltons Path Uddingston
Received 9 Jun 200935 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall
Received 9 Jun 2009Rose Cottage Heads Of Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TU
Received 5 Jun 2009Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 5 Jun 2009South Lanarkshire College College Way East Kilbride G75 0NE
Received 8 Apr 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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