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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
30,240 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Fereneze Crescent Hamilton
Received 8 Jul 200861 Sempie Street Hamilton
Received 8 Jul 2008KFC Palace Grounds Retail Park Hamilton
Received 28 Oct 20085 Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 2 Oct 2008Site Former Beattock Summit Outdoor Adventure Centre 520 Carlisle Road Elvanfoot, ML12 6RL
Received 1 Oct 2008Medwyn Park Carnwath ML11 8HS
Received 1 Oct 200839 Main Street Braehead
Received 26 Sept 2008Cornhill House Hotel Coulter Biggar ML12 6QE
Received 15 Aug 2008Cornhill House Hotel Coulter Biggar ML12 6QE
Received 15 Aug 200846 Kingsburn Grove Rutherglen
Received 24 Jul 200868 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 24 Jul 20089 Cherrytree Drive Cambuslang
Received 4 Jul 20081 St Stephens Crescent Rutherglen
Received 6 May 20083 Westerdale East Kilbride
Received 1 May 20087 Seamill Gardens East Kilbride
Received 1 May 20082 Bentinck Grange East Kilbride
Received 1 May 2008Land Adjacent To 1 Crofthill Avenue Uddingston
Received 17 Apr 2008Redmoss Garage Crawfordjohn ML12 6SX
Received 18 Sept 200881 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 29 Aug 2008The Mill Inn Coulter ML12 6PZ
Received 27 Aug 200815 The Crescent Lesmahagow ML11 0DP
Received 27 Aug 20088A Kirkton Avenue Carluke ML8 5AB
Received 27 Aug 20088A Kirkton Avenue Carluke ML8 5AB
Received 27 Aug 200878 Brocketsbrae Road Brocketsbrae ML11 9PT
Received 27 Aug 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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