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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30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Station Road Law ML8 5LN
Received 20 Apr 2009Avondale Services 27 Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6JA
Received 26 Jun 20091 Brendon Avenue East Kilbride G75 9GT
Received 26 Jun 2009Newlandscroft Jackton Road Jackton G75 8RR
Received 26 Jun 2009Broad Hill By Crawford
Received 5 May 2009Victoria House/Hall Main Street Douglas ML11 0QJ
Received 5 May 2009Tewsgill Hill By Abington
Received 5 May 20096 Ashburton Park East Kilbride
Received 1 Apr 200918 Kirkland Park Strathaven
Received 31 Jul 2009Plots 69, 71-74, 77, 81, 82 & 87-90 Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 31 Jul 2009Paver Systems Ltd Roadmeetings Carluke ML8 4QG
Received 27 Jul 2009Whitefield Bowling And Recreation Club Croft Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Jul 2009Road Junction At A721/Kersewell Avenue Carnwath
Received 15 Jul 200910 Main Street And Robertson Arms Hotel 12/16 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JZ
Received 15 Jul 200921 Dunbar Avenue Burnside
Received 9 Jul 200918 Loch Maree East Kilbride G74 2DP
Received 3 Jul 2009Unit 37 St James Retail Centre East Kilbride
Received 3 Jul 2009High Kype Road Sandford Strathaven
Received 24 Jun 2009The Newton Inn 22-26 Newton Brae Cambuslang
Received 11 Jun 2009The Burnhill 18 Chapel Street Rutherglen
Received 11 Jun 2009107 Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 9 Jun 2009Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell
Received 24 Apr 2009Marlage Nursery Ashgill Larkhall
Received 24 Apr 20095 Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 24 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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