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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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Mechanics Workshop New Lanark ML11 9DB
Received 14 May 200836 Strathspey Avenue East Kilbride
Received 13 May 200817 Wingate Park East Kilbride
Received 13 May 20081 Park Place Thorntonhall G74 5AU
Received 13 May 200812 Baird Gardens Blantyre
Received 18 Mar 2008Go Beyond Flat 1/1 16 Brandon Street Hamilton
Received 24 Jan 200842/46 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 24 Jan 200830 Ravenswood Road Strathaven
Received 1 Apr 2008Stuart Hotel 2 Cornwall Way East Kilbride
Received 1 Apr 200893 Peel Road Thorntonhall
Received 1 Apr 2008Braehead Farm Braehead Road Thorntonhall
Received 1 Apr 200867 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JU
Received 13 Feb 200851 Burnside View East Kilbride G75 9FZ
Received 10 Jan 2008111 Mount Cameron Drive South East Kilbride
Received 10 Jan 2008Thorn Farm Chapelton ML10 6SJ
Received 10 Jan 200815 Redlawood Road Cambuslang
Received 28 May 200850 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 28 May 200872 Main Street Forth ML11 8AA
Received 29 Apr 2008Reis A Gil Millrigg Road Wiston Mains Wiston ML12 6HT
Received 29 Apr 200864 Gullion Park East Kilbride G74 4FE
Received 25 Apr 200838/40 Linnhe Avenue Hamilton
Received 24 Apr 2008Walled Car Storage Area To The Rear Of 28 Westport Lanark ML11 9HD
Received 26 Mar 2008Auchenheath House Auchenheath ML11 9UU
Received 20 Mar 200810 Fraser Drive Kirkmuirhill ML11 9YP
Received 20 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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