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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30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Parks View Hamilton ML3 7SW
Received 9 Oct 2014Townhead Of Priestgill Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 12 Sept 201417 Tay Grove East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8XB
Received 12 Aug 201452 Carnwath Road Braehead Lanark
Received 29 Jul 201410 Laurel Court Cambuslang G72 7BD
Received 17 Jan 201863 Laighstonehall Road Hamilton ML3 8PD
Received 1 Jun 201563 Laighstonehall Road Hamilton ML3 8PD
Received 1 Jun 20157 The Cross Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LE
Received 19 Oct 201789 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7AG
Received 19 Jun 201762 Braxfield Terrace Lanark ML11 9BZ
Received 16 May 2017Land At Redwood Crescent East Kilbride
Received 28 Jul 2016Young Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 19 Jul 201614 Overton Road Strathaven ML10 6JW
Received 1 Jun 2016Hall Village Road Dunsyre ML11 8NQ
Received 27 Apr 2016East Newton Farm Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 15 Apr 20163 Southend Drive Strathaven ML10 6QT
Received 7 Mar 20165 Birksburn Avenue Stonehouse ML9 3QN
Received 4 Mar 2016Charlie's Afterschool 3/4 The Cross Stonehouse ML9 3LQ
Received 3 Mar 20166 Regency Court Hamilton ML3 7EA
Received 8 Feb 2016Lilybank Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NE
Received 21 Dec 20154 Wellshaw View Hamilton ML3 9FQ
Received 10 Dec 2015Off Strathaven Road - Adjacent To Roundabout At Ambleside Rise Hamilton
Received 28 Oct 201543 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang G72 7GH
Received 22 Oct 201586 Park Terrace East Kilbride G74 1BW
Received 18 Dec 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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