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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
30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 11 Aug 2008Land Adjacent To Hazeldean House Stonehouse
Received 29 Jul 2008McDonalds Restaurant Ltd Hamilton Retail Park Clydesdale Street Hamilton
Received 29 Jul 2008The Steading Lethame House Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 24 Jul 2008The Steading Lethame House Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 24 Jul 2008Whitehill Area 6 Former Cottage Tyres Site At Marquis Avenue/Dryden Road Whitehill Hamilton
Received 16 Jul 200844 Alwyn Drive East Kilbride
Received 24 Oct 200811 Ministers Park East Kilbride
Received 24 Oct 2008O2 43 The Plaza Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 24 Oct 20083 Auldton Terrace Ashgill Larkhall
Received 23 Oct 20083 Fairfield Place Bothwell
Received 6 Oct 200823 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 6 Oct 200819 Skylands Rise Hamilton
Received 6 Oct 200816 Ness Terrace Hamilton
Received 6 Oct 200815-19 Mid-Loan Street Braidwod ML8 5NX
Received 23 Sept 20081-6 Inclusive And 8 Double Row New Lanark ML11 9DB
Received 23 Sept 2008123 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 20089 Roxburgh Park East Kilbride
Received 26 Aug 2008St Josephs Primary School Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 17 Jul 200883 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang
Received 10 Mar 2009Unit 12, Plot 3C Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park High Blantyre
Received 26 Sept 200843 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 23 Jul 20088 Caledonian Gardens Coalburn ML11 0BF
Received 23 Jul 2008Kings Inn Farm Auchengray Carnwath ML11 8LL
Received 11 Jul 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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