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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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
200 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 3 Nov 20065 Inglis Court Stonehouse
Received 3 Nov 2006Copperwood Whitehill Road Hamilton
Received 3 Nov 20064 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton
Received 3 Nov 2006The Black Bull Inn Abbygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF
Received 29 Sept 2006Site Adjacent To Ampherlaw West Side Wood Road Carnwath, ML11 8LH
Received 29 Sept 200611 Ramillies Court Carluke ML8 4RH
Received 29 Sept 2006Woodhead Cottage Stonebyres ML11 9UP
Received 5 Dec 20061 Torwood Brae Hamilton
Received 8 Nov 2006Cricklewood Hotel 27 Hamilton Road Bothwell
Received 8 Nov 20069 Forest Avenue Hamilton
Received 8 Nov 2006Inglenock Cottage 81 Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 22 Mar 200718 Morar Place East Kilbride
Received 22 Mar 2007Waterfoot Row Thorntonhall East Kilbride G74 5AR
Received 22 Mar 2007Greenleeshill Farm Cambuslang G72 8YL
Received 22 Mar 2007Unit LR7 Centre West East Kilbride Shopping Centre East Kilbride
Received 22 Mar 2007Arnold Clark Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8RW
Received 2 May 200710 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride
Received 2 May 2007Grass Verge At Southern Most End Of Layby On Redwood Drive Opposite Redwood Court East Kilbride G74 5PF
Received 2 May 20076 Oak Fern Drive East Kilbride
Received 2 May 200710 Afton Gardens Blantyre
Received 18 Apr 2007Stonehouse Hospital Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 11 Apr 2007Site Adjacent To Plate 7 Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke
Received 21 Nov 2006Land Off Milton Lesmahagow
Received 11 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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