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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Rederech Crescent Hamilton
Received 22 Feb 200812 Canonbie Lane East Kilbride
Received 4 Jan 20087 Ochil Court Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 4 Jan 2008136 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 17 Mar 20086 Dukes Gate Bothwell
Received 17 Mar 200847/49 Main Street Uddingston
Received 17 Mar 200847/49 Main Street Uddingston
Received 17 Mar 2008Alderney House 2 Clyde Court Thankerton ML12 6NU
Received 10 Mar 20081 Andrew Sillars Avenue Cambuslang
Received 13 Feb 2008224 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Dec 2007Braehead Cottage Brae Cottage Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 15 May 2008Rutherglen Primary Care Centre 130 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen
Received 11 Jan 200853 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 27 Dec 2007St Pauls RC Primary School Backmuir Road Hamilton
Received 16 May 2008Lonsdale Farm East Kilbride G75 8RS
Received 4 Mar 200822 Stirling Drive Hamilton
Received 2 Jun 2008First Direct Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 2 Jun 2008William Spiers Place Larkhall
Received 2 Jun 20082 Sandalwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 25 Mar 2008Thornholme Farm Shop Thornholme Farm Yieldshirlds ML8 4QD
Received 19 Mar 2008Phase 2B The Beeches Off Hyndford Road Lanark ML11
Received 19 Mar 2008St Catherines St Vincent Place Lanark ML11 7JS
Received 19 Mar 2008Land At Devonburn Road/Auchren Farm Lesmahagow
Received 19 Mar 2008Greenstrands Farm Sandilands
Received 19 Mar 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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