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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
31,053 approved · 1,284 refused · 2,279 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Kittoch Street East Kilbride
Received 28 Jun 200524 Cleveden Drive Rutherglen
Received 22 Jun 200547 Reay Avenue Springbank Gardens West Mains East Kilbride
Received 14 Oct 200538 Glen Grove East Kilbride
Received 14 Oct 2005231 Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill
Received 11 Oct 2005Crookedstane Rig Elvanfoot
Received 11 Oct 20056 Johnson Drive Cambuslang
Received 15 Jul 200546 Berwick Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 Jul 2005Plots 21/22 Kirkriggs View Rutherglen
Received 15 Jul 200541 Market Road Carluke ML8 4BL
Received 14 Jul 2005Drakelaw Abington ML12 6SQ
Received 14 Jul 2005Land To Northeast Of 11 Lowther Crescent Stonehouse
Received 3 May 2005The Woodlands Burnhead Road Symington ML12 6FS
Received 11 Oct 200513 Ravenswood Forth ML11 8DN
Received 11 Oct 2005Land To Rear Of 42 Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TW
Received 24 May 200594 Alberta Avenue Westwood East Kilbride
Received 20 Jun 2005Hareshawhill Farm Strathaven
Received 20 Jun 20054 Vryburg Close Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 20 Jun 2005Abbey National Plc 118 /122 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 8 Jun 20054 Byron Court Bothwell
Received 8 Jun 20051 Pollock Avenue Hillhouse Hamilton
Received 8 Jun 2005Adjacent To Hamilton Auto Services Argyle Crescent Hillhouse Park Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 5 Jul 20058 Loancroft Gardens Uddingston
Received 5 Jul 200531 Graham Avenue Hamilton
Received 5 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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