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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30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Burn Road Hamilton
Received 11 Oct 2016Morrisons Bridge Street Cambuslang G72 7EA
Received 4 Oct 2016183 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 5DJ
Received 14 Sept 20161 Thorntree Avenue Hamilton ML3 9JA
Received 10 Aug 201624 Powburn Crescent Kylepark Uddingston
Received 8 Aug 201654 Tweed Street East Kilbride G75 8PH
Received 6 Jul 201611 Simpson Drive East Kilbride G75 0AZ
Received 28 Jun 20168 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen G73 3LG
Received 17 Jun 201614 Woodlands Drive Lanark ML11 9FS
Received 15 Jun 201628 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 12 May 2016Crossbank Farm House Blair Road Crossford
Received 4 May 20162 Paxton Court East Kilbride G74 4GG
Received 20 Apr 2016Ground Floor Retail Unit 157 - 165 Quarry Street Hamilton ML3 7HR
Received 31 Aug 201519 West Farm Grove Cambuslang G72 7RW
Received 31 Aug 2015Former Hillfoot Nursery Sidehead Road Stonehouse
Received 31 Aug 201590 Applegate Drive Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9FG
Received 31 Aug 201515 Newcross Centre Lamb Street Hamilton ML3 6AH
Received 31 Aug 2015Medwyn Park Edinburgh Road Carnwath ML11 8HS
Received 28 Aug 201512 Urquart Drive East Kilbride G74 4DE
Received 28 Aug 2015180 - 182 Hamilton Road Rutherglen G73 3BB
Received 12 Aug 20153 Marlborough Park East Kilbride G75 8PS
Received 9 Jul 2015Plot 9 George Paul Lane Carnwath ML11 8SY
Received 18 Jun 201578 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 5 Feb 2015Static Caravan Lettershaws Caravan Site Abington ML12 6TA
Received 12 Jan 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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