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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
30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Fairhill Place Hamilton
Received 27 Aug 2007McColls 2-4 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 27 Aug 2007Go Beyond Flat 1/2 16 Brandon Street Hamilton
Received 28 Nov 2007Stonefield Newsagent 6A Stonefield Road Blantyre
Received 28 Nov 200714 Douglas Gardens Uddingston
Received 27 Nov 200726 Cameron Way Blantyre
Received 28 Nov 2007Lamington Mains Lamington ML12 6HW
Received 28 Nov 200720 Glen Carron East Kilbride
Received 28 Nov 20078 Fraser Drive Blackwood ML11 9YP
Received 27 Nov 2007Redwood Crescent Peel Park East Kilbride G74 5PR
Received 19 Nov 2007Lambhill Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven
Received 27 Nov 2007Land Off Mauldslie Road Carluke
Received 27 Nov 20077 Stirling Drive Rutherglen
Received 27 Nov 200772 Fyne Crescent Larkhall
Received 27 Nov 200793 Mull East Kilbride
Received 10 Sept 2007Plot Adjacent To 35A Portland Park Hamilton
Received 29 Aug 20071 Barons Gate Bothwell
Received 29 Aug 2007Kingsgate West Stewartfield Way East Kilbride
Received 11 Jul 200721 Hogan Drive Strathaven
Received 11 Jul 2007Bogside Farm Lesmahagow
Received 9 Nov 2007Plot 35 Grange Road Lower Pettinain ML11 8SP
Received 9 Nov 2007Former Schoolhouse Grange Road Lower Pettinain ML11 8SP
Received 9 Nov 2007Bonnington Mains Farm Lanark ML11 9TB
Received 9 Nov 2007Spittal Farm Carnwath ML11 7LY
Received 9 Nov 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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