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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Lairds Gate Uddingston
Received 16 Jun 2008Plot 8 Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 16 Jun 200835 Chestnut Grove Larkhall
Received 13 Jun 20087 Ochiltree Drive Hamilton
Received 13 Jun 200811 St Ninians Lanark ML11 7HX
Received 11 Jun 200846 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 6 Jun 20082 Vere Terrace Kirkmuirhill ML11 9YX
Received 14 Jan 2008The Inn 50 Main Street Forth, ML11 8BS
Received 14 Jan 2008Field NS/70910/46239 Whiteshawgate Off A723 Strathaven
Received 3 Jan 200814 Crawfurd Gardens Rutherglen
Received 27 May 2008Former Monogram Site Farmeloan Road/Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 20 May 200850 Rederech Crescent Hamilton
Received 19 May 20083 Gilmour Drive Hamilton
Received 19 May 200816 Main Street Braehead
Received 28 Mar 2008Hitteril Daerside Near Elvanfoot. ML12 6TJ
Received 28 Mar 2008Blantyre Miners Welfare Club Calder Street Blantyre
Received 25 Mar 2008Broomfield Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn
Received 25 Mar 20088 Arran Way Bothwell
Received 25 Mar 20082 Novar Street Hamilton
Received 25 Mar 200811 Machan Road Larkhall
Received 27 Feb 200856 Avonbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 27 Feb 2008110 Margaretvale Drive Larkhall
Received 27 Feb 200863 Merrylees Road Blantyre
Received 27 Feb 200869 Coalburn Road Coalburn
Received 8 Jan 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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