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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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
28 Dean Crescent Hamilton
Received 21 Nov 200615A Whistleberry Drive Hamilton
Received 30 Oct 2006Cadzow Court 3 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 30 Oct 2006Former Law Hospital Site Carluke ML8 5ER
Received 10 Nov 200617 Eden Park Bothwell
Received 13 Oct 2006Barncluith Road Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 2006Lloyds TSB Bank Plc 125 Main Street Uddingston
Received 13 Oct 2006Lloyds TSB Bank Plc 125 Main Street Uddingston
Received 13 Oct 200695 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 10 Oct 20067 Laburnum Lea Hamilton
Received 10 Oct 2006Broomhill View/Grier Place Larkhall
Received 10 Oct 200612 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 20 Sept 2006135 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre
Received 20 Sept 200649 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 20 Sept 200659 The Crescent Lesmahagow ML11 0DP
Received 9 Jan 2007Stockhill Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0HN
Received 30 Aug 20069 Buller Crescent Blantyre
Received 20 Nov 200636 Clydeford Drive Kyle Park Uddingston
Received 20 Nov 20063 Dunlop Street Strathaven
Received 16 Nov 200638 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 16 Nov 2006North Torfoot Farm Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QG
Received 16 Nov 2006Land Ajacent To Laigh Kittochside Off Kittochside Road
Received 2 Nov 200630 Fiveways Road Netherburn
Received 27 Jun 2007Land At Ferniegair/Allanton To The East Of Carlisle Road
Received 27 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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