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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
30,224 approved · 1,255 refused · 2,217 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Land Adjacent To Lamp Post R78 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Dec 200544 Dryburgh Avenue Rutherglen
Received 12 Dec 200530/32 Mitchell Arcade Rutherglen Shopping Centre Rutherglen
Received 29 Nov 2005Brouster Cottage 21 Brouster Hill East Kilbride
Received 14 Nov 200532 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang
Received 27 Feb 200665 Kingsknowe Drive Rutherglen
Received 27 Feb 2006Keith Street Hamilton
Received 27 Feb 200610 Holmwood Avenue Uddingston
Received 27 Feb 200623 Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 27 Feb 2006254-256-272-274-275-278-279-281-309 & 315 Main Street Blantyre
Received 27 Feb 2006254-256-272-274-275-278-279-281-309 & 315 Main Street Blantyre
Received 27 Feb 2006Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 17 Feb 2006Castle Rooms Scotmid Catering 67 Old Mill Road Uddingston
Received 17 Feb 200625 Cherry Tree Drive Blackwood ML11 9TF
Received 15 Feb 20066 Smiddy Loan Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SS
Received 23 Jan 2007Quay Road Rutherglen
Received 19 Jan 200715 Jubilee Court Larkhall
Received 18 Jan 2007Focus Diy (Blantyre) Whistleberry Road Blantyre
Received 18 Jan 2007267-273 Montford Avenue Rutherglen
Received 21 Dec 200627 Jervis Terrace East Kilbride
Received 15 Feb 2007Gardenhall Inn 4A Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 15 Feb 2007The Gardenhall Inn Public House 4A Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 15 Feb 20071 Naysmyth Bank East Kilbride
Received 15 Feb 200735 Hollandbush Grove Hamilton
Received 15 Feb 2007Records 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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