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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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
41 Fraser Crescent Hamilton
Received 17 Sept 200767 Sycamore Drive Hamilton
Received 17 Sept 2007West Forth Farm Forth ML11 8HD
Received 11 Sept 2007Newmill Dolphinton EH46 7AG
Received 11 Sept 200721 General Roy Way Carluke ML8 4LP
Received 11 Sept 2007Burnbrae Farm Dillarburn ML11 9PG
Received 21 Aug 2007Burnbank Farm Quarter Hamilton
Received 20 Jul 2007Clydesdale Bank 19 Stuart Street East Kilbride
Received 20 Jul 2007Off Eaglesham Road Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 20 Jul 200793 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 19 Jul 20071 Barbush Place Strathaven
Received 19 Jul 200784 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 10 Jul 200746 Snaefell Avenue Rutherglen
Received 10 Jul 20073 Warriston Way Rutherglen
Received 10 Jul 2007Kildare Farm St Leonard Street Lanark
Received 7 Dec 200727 Brackenhill Drive Hamilton
Received 7 Dec 200721 Whitemoss Road The Village East Kilbride
Received 4 Dec 2007Plot 11 Station Road Carluke
Received 6 Dec 200724 Leeward Circle East Kilbride
Received 6 Dec 200770 Knocklea Biggar ML12 6EG
Received 6 Dec 20077 Strathallan Wynd East Kilbride
Received 27 Sept 2007Bents Farm House Bents Road Chapelton Strathaven
Received 27 Sept 20075 Thomson Street Strathaven ML10 6JZ
Received 19 Jun 2007Inverarity Vaults Inverarity House Biggar Road Symington, ML12 6FT
Received 20 Aug 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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