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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
30,757 approved · 1,275 refused · 2,259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
11 Overton Road Strathaven
Received 10 Aug 200540 Avon Street Larkhall
Received 6 May 200550 Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 5 Aug 200510 Galston Court Hamilton
Received 25 Jul 200564 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang
Received 1 Jun 200512 Camp Road (Unit 90) Shawfield Industrial Estate Glasgow, G73 1EW
Received 1 Jun 2005Plot 49 Shawsburn Village Ashgillhead Road Ashgill
Received 7 Jul 20051 Sidehead Road Stonehouse
Received 7 Jul 200570 Miller Street Larkhall
Received 7 Jul 200547-49 Regent Way Hamilton
Received 27 Oct 200512 Jubilee Court Larkhall
Received 27 Oct 20052 Carmaben Brae Dolphinton EH46 7HF
Received 27 Oct 2005Disused Veterinary Centre 48 Whitelees Road Lanark
Received 27 Oct 200553 Dryburgh Avenue Rutherglen
Received 26 Oct 200552 North Berwick Crescent East Kilbride
Received 9 Sept 20057 Orchard Gardens Strathaven
Received 9 Sept 2005St Marks Episcopal Church Telford Road East Kilbride
Received 11 Aug 200530 Viewmount Crescent Strathaven
Received 11 Aug 200529 Pitcairn Crescent East Kilbride
Received 11 Aug 2005East Hallside Farm Hallside, Cambuslang
Received 5 Jul 200555 Viewpark Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Jul 200512 Waverley Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Jul 2005East Hallside Farm Hallside Road Cambuslang
Received 1 Jul 2005Plots 3 And 4 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 1 Jul 2005Records 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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