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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
30,331 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Jacks Road Uddingston G71 7NP
Received 29 Apr 201414 Berwick Drive Rutherglen G73 3JP
Received 28 Apr 2014191 Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9SB
Received 28 Apr 2014John Hastie Museum Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6EB
Received 28 Apr 2014Land At Redwood Crescent Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 28 Feb 2014Rossbank Road Whistleberry Industrial Park Hamilton ML3 0ED
Received 28 Feb 2014Dungavel Wind Farm Strathaven
Received 27 Feb 201451 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LB
Received 28 Feb 201467A Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 26 Feb 2014Little Kype Farm Strathaven
Received 24 Feb 20149A Waterlands Road Law Carluke ML8 5EX
Received 24 Feb 2014Lesserlinn Farm Lanark ML11 9UN
Received 24 Feb 20142 Brigside Gardens Hamilton ML3 7BG
Received 21 Feb 2014148 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 24 Feb 2014Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke
Received 23 Dec 20133 Kirkhill Avenue Cambuslang G72 8EW
Received 24 Dec 2013146 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DX
Received 23 Dec 20138 Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DP
Received 23 Dec 201398 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BY
Received 27 Jun 201426 Abbots Way Lesmahagow
Received 27 Jun 2014Kypehill Farm Strathaven
Received 26 Jun 2014Off Redwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 5PE
Received 27 Jun 2014Asda Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 28 Mar 20144 Curries Close Douglas ML11 0QN
Received 10 Mar 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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