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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
135 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PA
Received 13 May 201524 - 26 Carron Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YL
Received 30 Apr 2015Junction Of Greenhills Road And Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 14 Nov 20145 Whitemoss Road The Village East Kilbride G74 4SB
Received 1 Oct 20147 Keith Street Hamilton ML3
Received 1 Oct 20147 Keith Street Hamilton ML3
Received 1 Oct 2014Field To East Of Southfield Farm Southfield Road Blackwood ML11 9PW
Received 30 Sept 2014Camps Water Treatment Works Near Crawford ML12 6UD
Received 25 Sept 2014Netherholm Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RB
Received 12 Sept 2014Site Next Lockhartmill Mousebank Road Lanark
Received 14 Aug 2014Land To East Of Tigh Na Bruich Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 4 Aug 20166 North Deanpark Avenue Bothwell G71 8HH
Received 25 Jul 20163 Wentworth Gardens East Kilbride G74 5PY
Received 15 Jul 20166 Braefoot Lane Uddingston
Received 1 Jul 20166 Fernhill Grange Bothwell G71 8SH
Received 1 Jul 201611 Thomas Tunnoch Grove Uddingston
Received 1 Jul 2016Location Of Temporary Sales Compound Within The South Planning Boundary
Received 1 Jul 201616 Orchard View Drive Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9JY
Received 17 Jun 201629 John Street Carluke ML8 4DD
Received 27 Oct 201430 Angle Street Stonehouse ML9 3LB
Received 27 Oct 201427 Eskdale Drive Rutherglen G73 3JS
Received 27 Oct 201429 Gilderdale East Kilbride G74 4NJ
Received 27 Oct 201415 Ashley Place Blantyre G72 9PS
Received 27 Oct 20147 Broomhill Gate Larkhall ML9 1ED
Received 24 Oct 2014Records 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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