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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
25,352 approved · 949 refused · 1,937 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Oct 2006 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
University Hospital Hairmyres Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8RG
Received 22 Sept 20251 - 3 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AA
Received 22 Sept 202528 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DS
Received 22 Sept 20251 Mauldslie Castle Orchard Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5FJ
Received 22 Sept 20256 Hutchison Street Hamilton ML3 7LH
Received 22 Sept 202551 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HX
Received 23 Sept 2025Bandstand Overtoun Park Overtoun Drive Rutherglen G73 3QY
Received 23 Sept 2025Bandstand Overtoun Park Overtoun Drive Rutherglen G73 3QY
Received 23 Sept 2025Mill House Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TR
Received 23 Sept 20255 - 8 Kemp Street Hamilton ML3 6QL
Received 23 Sept 2025Coulter Hall C21 From Birthwood Road Coulter To Eastmains Coulter Biggar ML12 6PZ
Received 23 Sept 20254 Alice Gardens (Plot 46) Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3RH
Received 23 Sept 202556 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JS
Received 23 Sept 202582 Durisdeer Drive Hamilton ML3 8XH
Received 23 Sept 202575 Holmhills Drive Cambuslang G72 8EN
Received 24 Sept 202513 Hamilton Drive Bothwell G71 8RR
Received 24 Sept 202513 Sillerknowe Court Biggar ML12 6AR
Received 24 Sept 2025Site Of Former Rolls Royce Factory Unit Law Place East Kilbride G74 4QL
Received 23 Sept 20253 Langholm East Kilbride G75 8YE
Received 25 Sept 20257 St Andrews Avenue Bothwell G71 8DN
Received 25 Sept 2025First Blantyre Depot 5 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0LA
Received 24 Sept 20258 Linden Lea Hamilton ML3 9AD
Received 25 Sept 202520 Baltersan Gardens Quarter ML3 7QW
Received 26 Sept 20255 Chatelherault Avenue Cambuslang G72 8BJ
Received 26 Sept 2025Records 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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