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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
31,117 approved · 1,286 refused · 2,284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Gordon Terrace Blantyre
Received 23 Aug 2005Land At Canderside Toll Larkhall (With Frontage To A74 Carlisle Road And A71 Swinhill Road
Received 6 May 200519 Ailsa Court Hamilton
Received 6 May 20056 Culzean Drive Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 5 May 200589A Southcroft Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Oct 200514 Old Coach Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Oct 20057 Woodhead Green Hamilton
Received 11 Oct 2005Rutherglen Park, Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen (Former Dalmarnock Rd Trading Estate)
Received 10 Oct 2005Greens Farm Steading Greens Farm Newbigging
Received 13 Jun 200528 Main Street Forth ML11 8BT
Received 13 Jun 200544 Staniston Road Carluke ML8 4DY
Received 13 Jun 2005Royal Bank Of Scotland 47 Thornton Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QL
Received 13 Jun 2005Lanark Grammar School Kirklands Road Lanark ML11 9AQ
Received 13 Jun 2005Lanark Racecourse Site Lanark
Received 13 Jun 20054 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell
Received 10 Jun 2005Blantyre Vehicles Ltd 42 Viewfield Avenue Blantyre
Received 10 Jun 200533 Rosebank By Carluke
Received 10 Jun 200523-25 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 10 Jun 200510 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 10 Jun 200510 Marshall Street Larkhall
Received 10 Jun 2005O2 Telecoms Base Station 016112 Cambuslang Rangers FC Somervell Park, Somervell Street, Cambuslang
Received 27 Oct 2005Craigend Farm Craigend Road Auldhouse
Received 27 Oct 2005Plot No 3B Langlands Business Park Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 10 Oct 2005128 Capelrig Drive East Kilbride
Received 3 May 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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