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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30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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 Corless Court Uddingston
Received 12 Sept 200836 Dunn Crescent Coalburn ML11 0LR
Received 11 Aug 2008Daraich Mhor Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 28 Jul 2008166 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DU
Received 15 Oct 2008Site At Land Rear Of 57/59 Carlisle Road Blackwood
Received 6 Oct 20086B Hunter Street The Village East Kilbride G74 4LZ
Received 18 Aug 2008Land Between 5 & 9 Strathrannoch Way Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2008Lloyds TSB Strathmore House Brouster Gate East Kilbride G74 1LE
Received 18 Aug 200815 New Plymouth East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2008147 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride G75 8EL
Received 30 Sept 20083 - 5 Alston Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TG
Received 30 Sept 2008Site Between 60 And 62 Adjacent To Railway Station Road Thankerton ML12 6NZ
Received 25 Sept 200860 Campsie Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Sept 2008Waterside House Waterside Road Carmunnock East Kilbride
Received 17 Sept 20083 Clem Attlee Gardens Larkhall
Received 16 Sept 2008Kemp Street Hamilton
Received 16 Sept 200869 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 16 Sept 20084 Crosshill Avenue Strathaven
Received 5 Sept 200817 Glen Nevis St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 200882 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 5 Sept 2008105 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 13 Aug 20088 Morton Court Blackwood ML11 9YH
Received 4 Aug 200813 Smugglers Brig Road Crossford
Received 19 Sept 20085 Bonnington Avenue Lanark ML11 9AL
Received 19 Sept 2008Records 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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