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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
30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 20079 Gateside Street Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 200738 Hayward Avenue Carluke ML8 4LQ
Received 15 Aug 2007Yieldshields Road Roadmeetings Carluke, ML8 4QG
Received 15 Aug 2007Site To Rear Of Dippool Farm Fordmouth Carnwath ML11 8LJ
Received 22 Aug 200715 Montrose Crescent Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 200721 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 21 Aug 200722 Cameron Crescent Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 2007218 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 23 Jul 2007230 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 23 Jul 200731 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen
Received 23 Jul 200712 Turnpike Road Blackwood ML11 9YD
Received 12 Jul 200721 Odense Court Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 12 Jul 20072 Park Drive Thorntonhall
Received 12 Jul 2007Plot 211 Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 12 Jul 2007Plot 2 Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 12 Jul 2007Birkshaw Nursery Shieldhill Road Carluke ML8 5AL
Received 28 Jun 200738 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 10 Jul 2007Land Adjoining 14 Crossan Lane Carluke ML8 4NS
Received 10 Jul 2007McColls Unit 2 Rankin Gate Centre Carluke ML8 4AT
Received 9 Jul 2007Land At Auchengray Road Auchengray
Received 18 Sept 200726 Bidders Gait Lanark ML11 9FG
Received 17 Sept 2007Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6HA
Received 12 Sept 200721 Greenfield Road Carluke ML8 5BA
Received 12 Sept 2007Records 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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