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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Highburgh Avenue Lanark ML11 7DS
Received 25 Feb 2008131 Glen Cally St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 4 Feb 2008Caldergreen Farm Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 4 Feb 200825 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell
Received 8 Jan 200828 Park Lane Blantyre
Received 8 Jan 2008Palace Grounds Retail Park Motherwell Road Hamilton
Received 14 Mar 2008Plot 9 Stephenson Place Hamilton International Technology Park High Blantyre
Received 14 Mar 2008Unit 4 Brownrig Farm Cleghorn
Received 5 Feb 200815 Bannatyne Strret Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 5 Feb 20084 Old Birkwood Lesmahagow ML11 0JP
Received 18 Jun 200843 Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TP
Received 18 Jun 2008Woodside Salvage Yard 40 Ayr Road Rigside ML11 9NP
Received 18 Jun 2008Development Off Station Road Thankerton ML12 6NZ
Received 18 Jun 2008Heatheryhall Cottage Meadowflats Road Thankerton ML12 6NF
Received 18 Jun 2008Redwood Development Eaglesham Road Hairmyres G75 8EA
Received 18 Jun 2008Peel Park Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8LW
Received 18 Jun 200815A Whistleberry Drive Hamilton
Received 17 Jun 2008Sainsbury's Hamilton Retail Park Clydesdale Street/New Park Street Hamilton
Received 17 Jun 200814/16 Muir Street Hamilton
Received 17 Jun 20086 Brightside Avenue Uddingston
Received 17 Jun 200826 Mauldslie Place Ashgill
Received 16 Jun 200872 New Street Stonehouse
Received 5 Jun 2008Tinto View House Pettinain
Received 17 Jun 20085 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 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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