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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30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Corner Of Almada Street/Douglas Street Hamilton ML3 0DR
Received 29 Mar 20163 Main Street Strathaven ML10 6AJ
Received 29 Mar 2016Land To West Of Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 24 Mar 2016Mill Cottage Westertown Farm Yieldshields Road Cleghorn ML11 8PA
Received 12 Aug 20146 Byron Court Bothwell Glasgow G71 8TW
Received 7 Aug 2014Council Depot 18 Hawbank Road College Milton Indest East Kilbride Glasgow G74 5HA
Received 7 Aug 2014Corra Farm C11 From Brocketsbrae To C10 At Wellshields Sandilands Lanark ML11 9TY
Received 7 Aug 201422 Fairhill Place Hamilton ML3 8AH
Received 5 Aug 201439 Tiree Grange Hamilton ML3 8BP
Received 8 Jun 2016East Priestgill Cottage Low Kype Highway Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 8 Jun 201614 Melbourne Avenue East Kilbride G75 8DT
Received 8 Jun 201613 Elliot Crescent East Kilbride G74 3ET
Received 8 Jun 2016East Cathkin Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 4 May 2016Hillhead Farm Darvel Road Strathaven ML10 6QD
Received 7 Apr 2016Rockmount 21 Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6AN
Received 11 Apr 2016Stonefield Road Blantyre G72 9SA
Received 29 Mar 20167 Trent Place East Kilbride G75 8RU
Received 29 Mar 201642 Bullionslaw Drive Rutherglen G73 3NF
Received 29 Mar 201661 Jamaica Drive East Kilbride G75 8NX
Received 16 Mar 201683 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6NF
Received 16 Mar 20165 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3HT
Received 10 Mar 2016Land At Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 12 Jan 201629 Fishescoates Avenue Burnside G73 5DG
Received 12 Jan 201610A Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 16 Dec 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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