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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
30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Cedar Court Cambuslang
Received 26 Sept 20082 Strathhalladale Court Hairmyres East Kilbride G75 8GB
Received 18 Sept 200866 Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 11 Sept 2008278 Main Street Blantyre
Received 11 Sept 2008278 Main Street Blantyre
Received 11 Sept 2008Duncanrig Secondary School Winnipeg Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 Jul 200893 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 17 Jul 2008Gebbie & Wilson Solicitors & Estate Agents 18 Common Green Strathaven
Received 17 Jul 200848 Kirkoswald East Kilbride G74 3SJ
Received 20 Jun 2008Plot 1 Yett Holm Braidwood
Received 7 Nov 20087 Barn Street Strathaven ML10
Received 5 Nov 200844 A - C Colvilles Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0P2
Received 5 Nov 2008Vacant Site Hornal Road Uddingston
Received 14 May 2009Mayfield Brickworks Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4PL
Received 13 May 200922 Turfholm Lesmahagow ML11 0ED
Received 13 May 2009Land Situated To The North Of 7 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 13 May 2009Shieldhill Road Quothquan ML12 6ND
Received 13 May 20091 Fairholm Avenue Ferniegair
Received 12 May 2009Craighead Cottage Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven
Received 12 May 20093 Wellbrae Drive Strathaven
Received 12 May 2009Retail Unit (Carpetways) 1 Allanshaw Industrial Estate Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 12 May 200914 Scott Hill East Kilbride G74 3AS
Received 12 May 200951 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6HF
Received 14 Apr 2009McDade Coaches John Hendry Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Uddingston
Received 3 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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