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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
30,287 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride G75 0RY
Received 22 Nov 20168 Hawthorn Walk Cambuslang G72 7AQ
Received 20 Sept 201642 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 1 Aug 201667 St Ronans Drive Burnside Rutherglen G73 3SS
Received 11 Jul 2016The Murray Square East Kilbride
Received 5 Jul 201635 Park Street Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9QZ
Received 7 Jun 201671 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 17 May 20166 Fence Terrace Tillietudlem ML11 9PW
Received 12 May 2016Milton Ground Lesmahagow
Received 26 Apr 20161 Wellgatehead Lanark ML11 9AA
Received 3 Mar 2016Dolphinton House Dunsyre Road Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7AB
Received 22 Feb 2016202 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PF
Received 22 Feb 201647 Capelrig Drive East Kilbride G74 3DA
Received 16 Dec 201531 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen G73 1AE
Received 1 Mar 2016Boghall Road Carluke
Received 23 Feb 2016Bonnington Power Station Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 15 Feb 201618 Cameron Way Blantyre G72 9DF
Received 12 Feb 2016Unit 24 Goldie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Uddingston G71 6PB
Received 12 Feb 2016Hillcroft Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 10 Feb 2016Hillcroft Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 10 Feb 201643 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AR
Received 12 Mar 201564 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DJ
Received 19 Feb 20156 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 16 Feb 2015Bluefaulds Equestrian Centre Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6SG
Received 16 Feb 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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