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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
30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
15 Wellington East Kilbride G75 8RB
Received 27 Apr 20104 Ermelo Gardens East Kilbride
Received 23 Apr 201010 Saltaire Avenue Uddingston
Received 9 Apr 20104 Toll Wynd Hamilton ML3 7QF
Received 15 Mar 2010Andiamo's Restaurant 113 Cadzow Street Hamilton ML3 6HN
Received 15 Mar 201025 Balmore Drive Hamilton ML3 9DB
Received 1 Mar 201071 Church Street Larkhall ML9 1EZ
Received 1 Mar 2010Hamilton Bus Station Brandon Street Hamilton
Received 15 Feb 201032 Royal Drive Hamilton ML3 7DJ
Received 29 Dec 200937 Croft Wynd Uddingston
Received 17 Dec 2009Big Bird Nursery 51 Machan Road Larkhall ML9 1HX
Received 17 Dec 2009Collierhall Farm Rigside ML11 9TU
Received 2 Dec 200914 Sutherland Street High Blantyre
Received 9 Nov 200934 Victoria Street Larkhall
Received 9 Nov 2009Green Street (By No 5) Bothwell
Received 14 Sept 200971 Olifard Avenue Bothwell
Received 9 Nov 2009Former Auction Market Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 19 Oct 200918 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 19 Oct 20099 Kirklands Crescent Bothwell
Received 26 Feb 2010Greenhills Bar Greenhills Square East Kilbride G75 8TT
Received 24 Feb 201031 Hillhouse Farm Gate Lanark ML11 9HT
Received 17 Feb 2010Rutherglen Congregational Church 69 Johnstone Drive Rutherglen
Received 8 Feb 20101 Sycamore Way Cambuslang
Received 8 Feb 201018 Spruce Drive Cambuslang
Received 8 Feb 2010Records 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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