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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
30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greyfriars Greyfriars Road Uddingston G71 7RS
Received 21 Aug 2017129 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7PA
Received 15 Aug 201767 Acacia Way Cambuslang G72 7ZY
Received 8 Aug 2017Land At Greenleeshill Farm Cairnmuir Road Cambuslang G72 8YL
Received 12 Jul 201726 Douglas Gardens Uddingston
Received 24 Mar 2016Outside 2 Station Road Biggar ML12 6BW
Received 16 Sept 201578 Wordsworth Way Bothwell G71 8QS
Received 28 Aug 20158 Macfie Place East Kilbride G74 4TY
Received 27 Mar 201549 Farmeloan Road Rutherglen G73 1DN
Received 25 Jun 2015Site At Cuningar Loop Woodland Park Rutherglen
Received 3 Feb 2015Southfield Hotel 75 Carlisle Road Blackwood
Received 26 Jan 20158 Prospect Avenue Uddingston
Received 26 Jan 2015148 Troon Avenue East Kilbride G75 8TG
Received 13 Jan 2015Unit 2 Broomhill Drive Nairn Street Recreation Area Larkhall ML9 1QP
Received 8 Jan 20154A Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NE
Received 4 Nov 2014Woodside Primary School Johnstone Road Silvertonhill Hamilton ML3 7JR
Received 10 Sept 2014Site Bounded By Keith Street, Blackswell Lane, Townhead Street & Bourne Street Hamilton
Received 2 Sept 2014Brewshot Farm Braehead Lanark ML11 8HB
Received 6 Aug 201421 Rederech Crescent Hamilton ML3 8QF
Received 22 Jul 201423 Lytham Meadows Bothwell G71 8ED
Received 24 May 20175 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell G71 8SG
Received 24 May 2017East Overton Strathaven
Received 15 May 201792 Geddes Hill East Kilbride G74 3LG
Received 12 May 2017174 Brankholm Brae Hamilton ML3 9QR
Received 5 Apr 2017Records 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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