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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
30,681 approved · 1,272 refused · 2,252 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 St Ronans Drive Rutherglen
Received 22 Aug 2005Uddingston Bowling And Tennis Club 29 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 11 Aug 200517 Toftcombs Crescent Stonehouse
Received 11 Aug 2005New Calderglen Nursing Home Blantyre
Received 11 Aug 2005Ashgillhead Road Development Site (Plots 22, 25-29, And 40-48) Ashgill
Received 11 Aug 2005Uddingston Station Station Road Uddingston
Received 11 Aug 2005Stockhill Farm Lesmahagow ML11 Ohn
Received 9 Mar 2006Site A & B Wolfcrooks Farm Douglas ML11 9PA
Received 9 Mar 2006476 Carlisle Road Lesmahagow
Received 9 Mar 2006The Italian Garden House Orchard House Crossford ML8 5PY
Received 9 Mar 2006Bagmoors Cottage Pettinain
Received 9 Mar 2006Site Adj To Craigie Brae Lesmahagow
Received 8 Mar 200612 The Lairs Blackwood ML11 9YW
Received 8 Mar 2006Plot Adj To Briar Cottage Dolphinton
Received 8 Mar 200651 Lesmahagow Road Boghead ML11 Oja
Received 8 Mar 2006Wandel House Farm Wandel ML12 6RP
Received 8 Mar 200633 Ardochrig Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 7 Mar 20065 Flemington Avenue Strathaven
Received 7 Mar 2006Club 2000 Paphos Snooker 15 St Leonards Square East Kilbride
Received 7 Mar 2006Westwood Service Station Rockhampton Avenue Westwood East Kilbride
Received 2 Mar 2006Town Centre Redevelopment Site Main Street / Bank Street Cambuslang
Received 2 Mar 20061 Wandel Farm Cottage Abington ML12 6RP
Received 1 Mar 2006Field Belonging To Wandel Farmhouse Abington ML12 6RP
Received 1 Mar 200616 Knowehead Gardens Uddingston
Received 1 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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