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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
30,450 approved · 1,265 refused · 2,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 New Street Stonehouse
Received 1 Jun 200543 Pentland Crescent Larkhall
Received 1 Jun 200575 Union Street Larkhall
Received 1 Jun 20056 Crosshill Crescent Strathaven
Received 27 Sept 2005Upper Cairnie Stonebyres ML11 9UP
Received 19 Sept 200524 Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow ML8 4QT
Received 19 Sept 2005Cladance Moss Chapelton Strathaven
Received 16 Sept 2005Carnwath Mill Carnwath
Received 19 Sept 2005Heatherlea Tarbrax EH55 8LN
Received 19 Sept 200545 Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0XP
Received 16 Sept 200522 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 14 Sept 200541 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 2 Sept 200514 Eskdale Drive Rutherglen
Received 5 Oct 2005100 Acre 360 Curtis Avenue Rutherglen
Received 5 Oct 2005Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 29 Sept 200531 Cheviot Crescent Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 23 Sept 2005Smyllum Crossing Home Street Lanark
Received 17 Jan 200625 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 30 Mar 20067 Langlea Drive Cambuslang
Received 30 Mar 200650 Underwood Road Rutherglen
Received 30 Mar 20067 Avonhead Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 27 Mar 2006Hayhill Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 27 Mar 200617 Wellesley Drive East Kilbride
Received 27 Mar 2006Field Off Garngour Road Lesmahagow ML11 0HQ
Received 22 Mar 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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