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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
30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Cheviot Crescent Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 13 Mar 200616 Wellburn Lane Lesmahagow ML11 Ofp
Received 2 Feb 2006Strathclyde Aluminium Systems Somervell Street Cambuslang
Received 1 Feb 200616 Middlefield East Kilbride
Received 12 Dec 2005153 Livingstone Drive Murray East Kilbride
Received 12 Dec 200549 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 15 Mar 200613 Hawthorn Walk Rutherglen
Received 15 Mar 2006Verehills Stonebyres Kirkfieldbank
Received 14 Mar 2006Willow Cottage Millrig Road Wiston ML12 6HT
Received 14 Mar 2006Eddlewood Farm Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 200627 Elm Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jul 2006Cathkin Mid Farm Burnside Road, Rutherglen
Received 7 Jul 200669-71 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JU
Received 9 Jun 200616 Auchenglen Road Braidwood ML8 5PH
Received 9 Jun 2006Crooklands Bungalow Haywood, Forth ML11 8ES
Received 9 Jun 20068 Inglis Place East Kilbride
Received 6 Sept 200610 Lochaber Place East Kilbride
Received 6 Sept 200613 Smithycroft Hamilton
Received 6 Sept 200671 Commercial Road Strathaven
Received 7 Nov 20056 Udston Avenue Stonehouse
Received 10 Mar 20069 Dunscore Brae Hamilton
Received 28 Feb 20068 Annfield Gardens Blantyre
Received 28 Feb 2006Watston Farm Stonehouse
Received 28 Feb 200652 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang
Received 7 Feb 2006Records 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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