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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
165 Clydesdale Avenue Hamilton ML3 7SU
Received 28 Jun 2017Bruce Hotel 35 Cornwall Street Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1BU
Received 15 Jun 2017Mouse Valley Eastend Cleghorn ML11 8NR
Received 28 Feb 20171-2 66 Main Street Uddingston G71 7LR
Received 21 Feb 20178 Nursery Park Carluke ML8 5UE
Received 7 Jun 2016Parkville 296 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 9DG
Received 17 May 201610 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BS
Received 19 Jan 2016Junction Of Greenhills Road And Lindsayfield Road
Received 10 Dec 20157 Holmwood Park Crossford Carluke ML8 5SZ
Received 25 Nov 2015Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 27 Sept 201622 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 9 Sept 20162 Bonnington Avenue Lanark ML11 9AL
Received 29 Jul 201616 Gavel Grove Lanark ML11 9FE
Received 1 Jul 2016Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Jun 201610 Clyde Crescent Lanark ML11 7HJ
Received 29 Apr 201641 Glen Farrar East Kilbride G74 2AG
Received 21 Mar 20161 Hawick Crescent Larkhall ML9 1HD
Received 4 Apr 201622 Toll Wynd Hamilton ML3 7QF
Received 20 Jan 201626 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 19 Jan 2016Holmpark Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride G74 3XY
Received 30 Dec 2015Phase 1 Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 18 Dec 2015Newton Farm Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 3 Dec 2015Garvald Quarry Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7HJ
Received 18 May 2017Greyfriars Greyfriars Road Uddingston
Received 11 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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