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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Between 15 & 21 Chestnut Walk Strathaven ML10 6GY
Received 21 Sept 20095 St Bryde Street East Kilbride G74 4HQ
Received 21 Sept 20099 Hunter Street East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4LZ
Received 17 Sept 2009Memory Lane 1-3 Princes Mall East Kilbride G74 1LP
Received 17 Aug 200911 Dunlin East Kilbride G74 4RU
Received 17 Aug 200926 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 17 Aug 2009Campknowe Cottage Calderside Road Blantyre G72 0TN
Received 12 Aug 20097 Regency Court Hamilton ML3 7EA
Received 12 Aug 200951 Kirkconnel Drive Rutherglen
Received 4 Aug 200944 Kingsburn Grove Rutherglen
Received 26 Mar 200932 Waverley Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 Sept 200996 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 2 Sept 200945 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 2 Sept 200949 Harlequin Court Hamilton
Received 13 Aug 200935 Pine Crescent Hamilton
Received 13 Aug 200924 Windermere Gardens Hamilton
Received 13 Aug 200930 Woodside Walk Hamilton
Received 13 Aug 200919 Main Street Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RZ
Received 11 Aug 2009Woolfords Farm Cobbinshaw West Calder EH55 8LJ
Received 24 Jul 2009Fallburns Holdings Thankerton ML12 6PD
Received 23 Jul 20091 Mansefield Court Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TR
Received 29 Jun 2009Land Adjacent To Carcaston House Newlands Road Jackton
Received 29 Jun 200940 Wellesley Crescent East Kilbride G75 8TS
Received 29 Jun 200938 Broompark Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0DH
Received 21 May 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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