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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
30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
48 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 13 May 200938 Millburn Avenue Rutherglen
Received 24 Apr 2009Land To North Of Pin Stane South East Of Crawford
Received 2 Apr 2009Poplar Park Auchenheath Road Lanark
Received 2 Apr 2009Land To Rear Of 1 Holm Street Carluke ML8 5BS
Received 2 Apr 2009Unit & Yard (Opposite Jewson) 32 Glenburn Road College Milton East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 25 Mar 2009Dixon Place College Milton East Kilbride G74 5JF
Received 25 Mar 200921 Woodburn Avenue Blantyre
Received 4 Feb 200818 Burn Bridge Drive Strathaven
Received 13 May 200836 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton
Received 4 Apr 2008Muirsland Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0HY
Received 21 Jan 2008Site 1A (Off Wheatsheaf Drive) Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 31 Jul 2009Land At Westburn Drive Clydesmill Industrial Estate Cambuslang
Received 30 Jul 2009Site 1: Site Off Neilvaig Drive; Site 2: Site Bounded By Fernhill Road/Galloway Drive/Merrick Way; Site 3: Site Bounded By Fernhill Road/Galloway Drive/Morar Drive
Received 31 Jul 200977 Scalloway Road Cambuslang
Received 3 Aug 200930 Beech Crescent Cambuslang
Received 31 Jul 200912 Mitchell Avenue Cambuslang
Received 3 Aug 2009The Bread Winners 233 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 31 Jul 200933 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 31 Jul 2009Land To South West Of East Kilbride Largely Bounded By Eaglesham Road, Jackton Road & Newlands Road
Received 25 Jun 2009Rose Cottage Philipshill Road Clarkston
Received 25 Jun 2009Plot 2 Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 9 Jun 2009Land Next To Bonanhill Sandford Strathaven
Received 9 Jun 2009Stonehouse Cemetery Manse Road Stonehouse
Received 23 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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