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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30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
145 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Sept 20073 Dungavel Gardens Hamilton
Received 16 Nov 20071 Dungavel Gardens Hamilton
Received 16 Nov 2007Near Laigh Muirhouses Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 23 Jul 200784 Backmuir Road Hamilton
Received 24 Oct 20079 Coldstream Drive Strathaven
Received 24 Oct 2007Dreams Unit C Howard Avenue East Kilbride
Received 24 Oct 2007Boghouse Farm Cottage Crawfordjohn ML12 6ST
Received 23 Oct 20078 Kintyre Wynd Carluke ML8 5RW
Received 23 Oct 2007Moorlands Manse Road Symington
Received 23 Oct 20071 Braedale Road Lanark ML11 7AW
Received 23 Oct 2007153 Redlawood Road Newton Cambuslang
Received 17 Oct 2007Hallside Primary School Newton Station Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Oct 20078 Manor Way Rutherglen
Received 17 Oct 20079 Burn Bridge Drive Strathaven
Received 8 Nov 20073 Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 7 Nov 20073 Dechmont Place Cambuslang
Received 7 Nov 200735 Howes Way Carstairs Junction ML11 8SE
Received 2 Nov 200714 Armour Court Blantyre
Received 1 Nov 200712 Kinneil Place Hamilton
Received 1 Nov 20072B Millgate Road Hamilton
Received 1 Nov 2007Bankhead Farm Cottage Biggar Road Carnwath
Received 24 Oct 20076 Couthally Terrace Carnwath
Received 23 Oct 2007Hillview Carmichael
Received 24 Oct 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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