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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
30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Kent Drive Rutherglen
Received 27 Feb 2007Unit 1, 30 Portland Place, Hamilton
Received 10 May 2007Unit 12, Plot 3C Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 10 May 200777 Greenrig Uddingston
Received 10 May 200797 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 10 May 200712 Auchnotroch Crossford ML8 5QL
Received 29 Aug 2007Ar Taigh Draffan Lesmahagow
Received 29 Aug 200753 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PQ
Received 12 Mar 20073 Dene Park Biggar
Received 12 Mar 2007Stone Auction Ring Braidfute Retail Park Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AX
Received 12 Mar 2007Lloyds Pharmacy 78 High Street Lanark ML11 7ES
Received 12 Mar 2007Blackcastle Farm Tarbrax EH55 8LS
Received 12 Mar 200715 Kirk Road Carluke
Received 12 Mar 2007Beechgrove And Rosemound Roxburgh Park East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 2007Eaglesham Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 200720 Cairnryan Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 200718 Braeside Gardens Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 200737 Springbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 2007Glen Mark Manse Road Stonehouse
Received 7 Mar 200721 Pentland Way Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 2007Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Headquarters 99 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 200744 Broom Crescent East Kilbride
Received 23 Feb 2007Quay Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Feb 200719 Castle Gate Uddingston
Received 30 Apr 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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