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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
30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Holmhills Drive Cambuslang
Received 5 Feb 200917 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen
Received 5 Feb 200958 Tuphall Road Hamilton
Received 13 May 200813 Anniversary Avenue East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 20087 Glen Falloch East Kilbride
Received 5 Aug 2008105 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen
Received 31 Jul 200838 Broompark Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0DH
Received 24 Jul 20081 Friars Park Lanark ML11 9HY
Received 18 Sept 2008Hawksland Hall Hawksland ML11 9QB
Received 1 Sept 200869 Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0PX
Received 1 Sept 2008Dykehead Farmhouse Tarbrax EH55 8LW
Received 1 Sept 2008The Gardens Canonholm Road Auchenheath ML11 9UX
Received 1 Sept 200877 Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TP
Received 1 Sept 2008168 Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4LN
Received 1 Sept 200879 Chalmers Crescent The Murray East Kilbride G75 Opp
Received 28 Jul 200835 Loch Laxford East Kilbride G74 2DL
Received 28 Jul 200856-60 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QG
Received 8 Jul 20087 Harlequin Court Hamilton
Received 7 Nov 2008Unit 5 Canderside Industrial Estate Carlisle Road Larkhall
Received 7 Nov 200854 Skylands Rise Hamilton
Received 6 Nov 2008Vacant Land South Of Woodpark Primary Priory Road Lesmahagow ML11 0AA
Received 6 Nov 2008125 Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 6 Nov 20085 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 6 Nov 20089 Mill Road Hamilton
Received 6 Nov 2008Records 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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