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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
30,332 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Thorn Avenue Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AT
Received 9 Jun 20148 Orchard Gate Larkhall ML9 1HA
Received 9 Jun 201424 Hillview Drive Blantyre G72 9EF
Received 23 Apr 2014Lonsdale Farm Newlandsmuir East Kilbride
Received 23 Apr 2014Car Park Area To The Rear Of No.52 - 58 Castle Street Hamilton ML3 6BU
Received 22 Apr 201411 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7ND
Received 18 Feb 2014Gap Site Wallace Memorial 1 Castle Gate Lanark ML11 9DZ
Received 14 Feb 20143 Breamish Place East Kilbride G75 8NF
Received 13 Feb 201440 Millheugh Brae Larkhall ML9 1AS
Received 12 Feb 2014Area F Hallside Cambuslang
Received 12 Feb 2014Plot 5 Site To The Rear Of Mill House Cleghorn
Received 11 Feb 2014Rowan Cottage Howgate Road Roberton Biggar ML12 6RS
Received 11 Feb 201465 Quebec Drive East Kilbride G75 8SE
Received 9 Jun 201414 Magnolia Drive Cambuslang G72 7NP
Received 6 Jun 20149 Ellisland East Kilbride G74 3SF
Received 3 Jun 20143 Waterlands Gardens Carluke ML8 4EX
Received 3 Jun 201468 Hillhouse Road Hamilton ML3 9TE
Received 3 Jun 2014187 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5DJ
Received 3 Jun 201423 Wallace Place Hamilton ML3 7DE
Received 3 Jun 201486 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8DX
Received 2 Jun 201447 St Johns Boulevard Uddingston G71 7JF
Received 2 Jun 2014Hyndshaw Cottage Hyndshaw Road Carluke ML8 5HL
Received 2 Jun 2014298 Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9RA
Received 22 Apr 201450 Lindsay Road East Kilbride G74 4JA
Received 22 Apr 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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