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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31,117 approved · 1,286 refused · 2,284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Carnwath Mill Farm Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 29 Sept 200531 Fennsbank Avenue Rutherglen
Received 28 Sept 200524 Waverley Drive Rutherglen
Received 28 Sept 200510 Holmwood Avenue Uddingston
Received 27 Sept 2005Southcroft Service Station Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 3 May 200576 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 3 May 200517 Durban Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 3 May 2005West Greenlees Development Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 3 May 200517 Tanzieknowe Drive Cambuslang
Received 3 May 20052 Abbey Walk Larkhall
Received 11 Jul 200535 Margaretvale Drive Larkhall
Received 11 Jul 20054 Winton Park East Kilbride
Received 22 Sept 200515 Common Green Strathaven
Received 26 Aug 200539 Dee Place Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 26 Aug 20053 McKay Place East Kilbride
Received 26 Aug 2005Sheaffyknowe Farm Cleghorn ML11 8NX
Received 29 Jun 2005Shieldhill Hall Shieldhill Road Quothquan ML12 6NA
Received 29 Jun 2005Ampherlaw Farm Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 26 Oct 2005392 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 26 Oct 2005Linn O'Dee 39 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 26 Oct 20051 Springfield Avenue Uddingston
Received 26 Oct 200523 Berelands Crescent Rutherglen
Received 26 Oct 200518 Macneill Drive East Kilbride
Received 26 Oct 2005Greenhill Road At Singer Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 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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