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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
30,348 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 26 Feb 2014Queensway Service Station East Kilbride
Received 15 Jan 2014Mha Auchlochan New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 0JS
Received 23 Dec 201320 New Street Stonehouse ML9 3LT
Received 19 Dec 20136 Dechmont Place Cambuslang G72 8UZ
Received 5 Mar 2014Hamilton Old Parish Church Hall Strathmore Road Hamilton ML3 6AQ
Received 24 Mar 2014Braidlea Cottage Station Road Douglas ML11 0RW
Received 13 Mar 2014250 Main Street Blantyre Glasgow G72 0DH
Received 13 Mar 20141 East Greenlees Road Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8TU
Received 4 Mar 2014Burnfoot Farm Haywood Forth ML11 8ES
Received 14 Feb 2014Wester Yardhouses Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 14 Feb 201419 Stobo East Kilbride G74 3HH
Received 17 Feb 20142 Cadzow Street Larkhall ML9 2AY
Received 17 Feb 201412 Kinloch Avenue Cambuslang G72 8QA
Received 17 Feb 20144 Croft Place Larkhall
Received 4 Feb 20146 Mennock Court Hamilton ML3 9DJ
Received 6 Feb 2014Hall Road Nemphlar Lanark ML11 9JE
Received 26 Jun 201413 Zambesi Drive Blantyre G72 9JP
Received 25 Jun 2014Pizza Hut Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 24 Jun 2014Playsport Stewartfield Way East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4GT
Received 24 Jun 2014Boat Road Nursery Boat Road Thankerton ML12 6NU
Received 9 May 201452 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 8 May 201436 St Ninians Place Stonehouse ML9 3ES
Received 8 May 201432 Fyne Crescent Larkhall ML9 2UX
Received 7 May 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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