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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Windmill Road Hamilton ML3 6LX
Received 28 Feb 201711-13 Tabernacle Lane, Cambuslang, Glasgow, G72 8HP
Received 8 Jul 201614 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell G71 8SG
Received 7 Jul 2016Unit 3 Langlands Gate Kelvin South Business Park East Kilbride G75 0ZY
Received 12 May 2016Dalserf Goods Yard Old Dalserf Station Larkhall
Received 7 Mar 2016Rear Of Hozier House 129 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9GG
Received 7 Mar 201611 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 25 Feb 2016Site Of Former Holy Cross High School Muir Street Hamilton
Received 1 Feb 2016Larkhall Community Growth Area M74, A72, Duke Street, Merryton Road Larkhall
Received 19 Jan 201651 Main Street Forth Lanark ML11 8BS
Received 11 Jan 201626 Station Gate Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3FD
Received 18 Dec 2015Calderside Road East Kilbride G72 0TN
Received 11 Dec 20156 Shepherds Way Cambuslang G72 6WS
Received 11 Dec 201518 Albion Way Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YN
Received 10 Dec 2015101 Valleyfield Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7FJ
Received 4 Nov 2015151 A Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9BG
Received 22 Oct 201540 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride G74 4HJ
Received 27 Jul 201712 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall ML9 2EX
Received 30 May 201734 Baird Gardens Blantyre G72 0WT
Received 10 May 201784 Brandon Street Hamilton ML3 6AB
Received 14 Oct 20151 Brechame Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SP
Received 2 Oct 201581 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7NU
Received 23 Sept 201510 Glen Farrar East Kilbride G74 2AG
Received 22 Sept 201535 Cooper Avenue Carluke ML8 5US
Received 23 Sept 2015Records 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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