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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30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
8 Macneill Drive East Kilbride G74 4TR
Received 25 Aug 20092 Southend Drive Strathaven ML10 6QT
Received 25 Aug 200919 Brisbane Terrace East Kilbride G75 8DJ
Received 25 Aug 20099 Law Place Nerston Ind Est East Kilbride G74 4QL
Received 24 Aug 200923 George Mann Terrace Rutherglen
Received 10 Jul 2009Cathcart Place Rutherglen
Received 10 Jul 200959 Alder Gate Cambuslang
Received 3 Jul 200922 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 29 Jun 200913 Smugglers Brig Road Crossford ML8 5SE
Received 19 Jun 2009Woodlands House Camp Road Symington ML12 6LF
Received 22 Jun 200937 Burnblea Street Hamilton
Received 19 Jun 2009Rigmuir Landfill Restoration Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 4 Jun 200928 Armour Court Blantyre
Received 20 May 2009Aldi 70 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 20 May 200973 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 20 May 2009Burnhead Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 20 May 20096 Duchess Court Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 200919 Leys Park Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 2009C/O W Welsh South Lodge B Braidwood House Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 7 Sept 2009Cargill Club 21 St Leonards Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 4 Feb 200952 County Avenue Cambuslang
Received 9 Sept 20099 Redlawood Road Cambuslang
Received 8 Sept 200978 Elder Crescent Cambuslang
Received 9 Sept 20095 Poplar Way Cambuslang
Received 9 Sept 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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