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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
30,268 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Buller Crescent Blantyre Glasgow G72 9JH
Received 7 Nov 20147 Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7EZ
Received 7 Oct 20143 Mid Road Biggar ML12 6AW
Received 20 Aug 201420 South Back Road Biggar
Received 22 Nov 2017168 Quebec Drive East Kilbride G75 8SE
Received 12 Jul 201620 Jura Drive Blantyre G72 9LJ
Received 6 Jul 2016Graham Avenue Hamilton ML3 8AD
Received 29 Jun 2016Caberfeidh Sherifflats Road Thankerton Biggar ML12 6PA
Received 23 May 201621 Fenwick Drive Hamilton ML3 7YG
Received 19 Aug 2015Unit 3 Thomson Court Rutherglen G73 2RR
Received 4 Aug 2015117 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre G72 9LZ
Received 19 Mar 201545-47 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 17 Dec 201414 -18 Bereholm Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0EN
Received 3 Feb 2016West Dykes Farm Strathaven ML10 6RH
Received 12 Nov 2015100 Hill Street Hamilton ML3 9LH
Received 27 Oct 20156 Golspie Way Blantyre G72 0GF
Received 27 Oct 201540 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7QH
Received 24 May 20167 Manse Avenue Bothwell G71 8PQ
Received 16 May 201631 Lawrie Street Stonehouse ML9 3LN
Received 16 May 2016Former Philipshill Hospital Barbana Road East Kilbride G74 5PG
Received 16 May 201616 Plough Drive Cambuslang G72 6WT
Received 21 Apr 20161 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 8 Apr 201629 Dungavel Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PE
Received 18 Mar 201625 Clydesdale Street Hamilton ML3 0DD
Received 14 Mar 2016Records 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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