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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
30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Wilsontown Road Wilsontown ML11 8ER
Received 11 Jun 2007Lesmahagow Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JT
Received 11 Jun 2007Land South Of Crookedstane Rig South East Of Elvanfoot
Received 11 Jun 20077 Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 11 Jun 200723 Harlequin Court Hamilton
Received 11 Jun 2007Castlemilk Road (Outside 273-277) Rutherglen
Received 5 Jun 2007154 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 1 Jun 200710 Rosemary Place East Kilbride G74 4UT
Received 22 Feb 2007Avonbridge Drive Hamilton
Received 29 May 200710 Morar Court Hamilton
Received 29 May 200715-19 Main Street Bothwell
Received 29 May 2007Dyke Cottage Stonedyke Road Carluke ML8 4BQ
Received 25 May 2007Kirkfieldhouse Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 25 May 200737 Burn Road Carluke
Received 25 May 2007Knowehead Farm Yieldshields ML8 4QY
Received 25 May 20071 Braidwood Road Crossford ML8 5RD
Received 25 May 200761 Hardie Street Blantyre
Received 12 Jun 20073 Alder Avenue Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 2007Blackbog Farm Carscallan Road Quarter Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 2007Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 12 Jun 200710 Knowehead Drive Uddingston
Received 12 Jun 2007110 High Street Biggar
Received 4 Jun 2007110 High Street Biggar
Received 4 Jun 2007110 High Street Biggar
Received 4 Jun 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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