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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Abernethy Park East Kilbride
Received 25 Jan 200811 Wellknowe Place Thorntonhall G74 5QA
Received 25 Jan 200833 Alison Lea East Kilbride
Received 25 Jan 2008Unit UR6 East Kilbride Shopping Centre Centre West Upper East Kilbride
Received 21 Apr 2008West Of Redwood Drive East Kilbride
Received 21 Apr 2008Plot 7F Technology Avenue Hamilton International Park Blantyre
Received 7 Feb 200812 Janefield Place Blantyre
Received 7 Feb 2008'Balbeg' 4A Mill Road Bothwell
Received 28 Dec 2007Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 28 Dec 2007109 Broompark Road Blantyre
Received 28 Dec 2007'Balbeg' 4A Mill Road Bothwell
Received 28 Dec 2007Whistleberry Road Hamilton
Received 28 Dec 2007Flat 2A Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 22 Apr 2008Maplin Electronics Unit 4A Palace Grounds Retail Park Hamilton
Received 8 Apr 2008Cadzow House High Parks Farm Carscallan Road Hamilton
Received 8 Apr 200844 Burnhead Road Larkhall
Received 8 Apr 200819 Austine Drive Hamilton
Received 8 Apr 200839 Lairds Gate Uddingston
Received 8 Apr 2008260 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Apr 200853 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 7 Apr 2008Fieldhead House Craig End Road Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 9DR
Received 11 Feb 2008Land Adjacent Pathhead Douglas
Received 6 Jun 2008Cairngryffe Street Pettinain
Received 6 Jun 2008Burnbank Filling Station 91 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 6 Jun 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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