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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
30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Lawrie Street Stonehouse
Received 4 Apr 20086 Dunscore Brae Hamilton
Received 4 Apr 20085 Blackswell Lane/16 Staneacre Park/ & Site Of 2 Former Residential Properties At 7 & 8 Blackswell Lane Hamilton
Received 4 Apr 200823 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell
Received 27 Mar 200827 Weavers Way Stonehouse
Received 27 Mar 2008Carnwath Health Centre The Surgery 7 Biggar Road Carnwath ML11 8HJ
Received 7 Mar 20088 McKirdy Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0NE
Received 6 Mar 2008Lochpark Industrial Estate Green Street Stonehouse
Received 14 Feb 200829 Station Road Leadhills ML2 6XS
Received 9 Jun 200877 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 29 May 200814 Bartie Gardens Ashgill
Received 21 Apr 2008100 John Street Larkhall
Received 21 Apr 200816 Beaton Street Larkhall
Received 21 Apr 200811 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 21 Apr 200891 Rhyber Avenue Lanark ML11 7AR
Received 25 Mar 20082 Ingerbreck Avenue Rutherglen
Received 11 Mar 2008Waterbank Farm Westerfield Road Carmunnock, G76 9HS
Received 18 Feb 200813 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 Feb 200813 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 Feb 2008192 Mill Street Rutherglen
Received 15 Feb 200872 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 15 Feb 20084 Craigmuir Gardens High Blantyre
Received 15 Jan 20085 Baltersan Gardens Quarter
Received 15 Jan 2008Hamilton Palace Grounds Retail Park Motherwell Road Hamilton
Received 15 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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