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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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6B And 7A Earls Gate Bothwell G71 8BP
Received 18 Feb 2016Holm Road Crossford
Received 8 Dec 201515 Newcross Centre Lamb Street Hamilton ML3 6AH
Received 7 Dec 20158 Thorn Drive Rutherglen G73 4RH
Received 18 Nov 2015Hamilton Services M74 Hamilton Service Area - Northbound Hamilton ML3 6JW
Received 18 Nov 2015S U E R C - Ams Facility Rankine Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QF
Received 12 Oct 2015Maythorne Cottage Luxury Kennels Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SJ
Received 8 Oct 201534 Chantinghall Road Hamilton ML3 8NG
Received 16 Sept 201510 Crofthill Court Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PW
Received 2 Sept 201577 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QE
Received 24 Aug 20153 Millerfield Place Hamilton ML3 7EP
Received 24 Aug 20157 Lindsaylands Road Biggar ML12 6EQ
Received 17 Aug 2015East Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen G73 5RB
Received 9 Jul 2015Millburn Glen Larkhall
Received 26 May 2015Plot 2 Whitemoss House Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride G74 3ED
Received 29 Apr 2015Tinto Hotel 44 Biggar Road Symington Biggar ML12 6FT
Received 29 Apr 201524 New Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LT
Received 29 Apr 201540 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang G72 8BT
Received 29 Apr 2015Murray Square East Kilbride
Received 31 Mar 20154 Scott Grove Hamilton ML3 6RG
Received 31 Mar 2015110 Main Street Forth ML11 8AB
Received 13 Oct 2015Land At Springfield Cleghorn Lanark
Received 23 Sept 2015Land Off East Kilbride Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Aug 2015Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride G74 4GT
Received 10 Aug 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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