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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
30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Portland Park Hamilton ML3 7JY
Received 21 Jul 201543 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GA
Received 21 Jul 2015121 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 2 Jul 2015121 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7DR
Received 2 Jul 2015166 Philips Wynd Hamilton ML3 8PH
Received 2 Jul 20153 Peel Park Place East Kilbride G74 5LW
Received 2 Jul 2015141 Main Street Uddingston G71 7EN
Received 1 Jul 201519 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DS
Received 15 May 201516 Barriedale Avenue Hamilton ML3 9DB
Received 15 May 2015Plot 4A Langlands Business Park Hurlawcrook Road East Kilbride
Received 11 May 201520 Dukes Place Hamilton ML3 7TA
Received 6 May 20155 Roe Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 6WQ
Received 23 Apr 20159 Cityford Crescent Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2QR
Received 23 Apr 201538 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8BT
Received 22 Apr 2015Mauldslie Mains Farm Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 16 Apr 201589 Skye Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 5JT
Received 26 Feb 20151 Melfort Road Hamilton ML3 9UR
Received 22 Oct 201477 Linnhe Place Blantyre Glasgow G72 9NE
Received 8 Sept 2014142 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3ST
Received 11 Sept 2017Cherrybank Manse Brae Dalserf Larkhall ML9 3BN
Received 28 Apr 201723 Aillort Place East Kilbride G74 4LL
Received 18 Apr 2017Bonnington Power Station Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 3 Apr 201717 Methven Place East Kilbride G74 1ET
Received 30 Mar 2017Aldi School Avenue Cambuslang G72 8PJ
Received 29 Mar 2017Records 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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