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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
30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Linden Lea Hamilton
Received 18 Aug 200826 Shelley Drive Bothwell
Received 18 Aug 200836 Barnhill Drive Hamilton
Received 18 Aug 200833 Springbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 18 Aug 200855 McNeil Street Larkhall
Received 18 Aug 2008144 Auchinraith Road Blantyre
Received 1 Aug 2008116 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 1 Aug 200889 Glen Prosen East Kilbride
Received 8 Jul 20089 Dechmont East Kilbride
Received 8 Jul 2008Retail Units 66/70 Neville East Kilbride
Received 8 Jul 2008Rench Farm Meadowfoot Road Drumclog Strathaven
Received 8 Jul 2008Whitelaw & Co 17 Townhead Street Strathaven
Received 8 Jul 200851 Alwyn Drive East Kilbride
Received 7 Jul 200879 Kirkton Street Carluke ML8 4AD
Received 10 Mar 2009Wester Whitecastle Farm Biggar ML12 6LZ
Received 10 Mar 20092 Penrith Place East Kilbride
Received 9 Mar 200926 Somerville Terrace East Kilbride
Received 9 Mar 2009Craigview Bungalow Heads Of Glassford Glassford Strathaven
Received 9 Mar 20092 Chapland Cottages Bellefield Road Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 9 Mar 2009436 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen
Received 3 Mar 200967-69 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 24 Feb 2009North Brownhill Farm Caldermill Farm Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 2 Sept 2008Broadlees Farm/A726 West Shawtonhill Farm Chapelton ML10 6RR
Received 13 Aug 200831 Woodlands Avenue Law ML8 5JL
Received 23 Mar 2009Records 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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