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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30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Abercorn Drive Hamilton
Received 27 Jan 2010Structure SML/7 (Larkhall Viaduct) Larkhall South Lanarkshire
Received 25 Jan 201013 Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell
Received 25 Jan 201013 Blantyre Mill Road Bothwell G71 8DF
Received 25 Jan 20102 Holmwood Avenue Uddingston G71 7AJ
Received 1 Dec 200925 McCallum Grove East Kilbride G74 4SJ
Received 28 Oct 200915 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang
Received 27 Jan 2010Unit 7 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 30 Mar 201047/49 Clydesdale Street Hamilton
Received 22 Dec 200916 Sandalwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 4UX
Received 9 Sept 2010Plot A Rose Cottage Whitecastle Near Biggar
Received 21 Jun 2010Town End 118A Main Street Symington ML12 6LJ
Received 31 Mar 201030 Castle Wynd Bothwell G71 8TQ
Received 23 Jun 2010Footpath To The South Of Bothwell Bridge,Opposite Sewage Works Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 15 Dec 200948 Polden Avenue East Kilbride G75 9GX
Received 23 Sept 2010Unit 7 (Currys) Palace Grounds Retail Park Hamilton
Received 7 Jan 2010Plot 3 Westoun Steadings Coalburn ML11 0FW
Received 18 Dec 200968 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PT
Received 10 Nov 20097 Mansefield Avenue Cambuslang
Received 20 Jul 20109 Mid Road Biggar
Received 27 Jul 2010Pod H33 Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 9 Jun 20103 Wellington East Kilbride G75 8RB
Received 8 Feb 2010East Kilbride Golf Club Chapelside Road East Kilbride G74 4PH
Received 8 Feb 2010Land At Westburn Drive Clydesmill Industrial Estate Cambuslang
Received 8 Oct 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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