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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
30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Juniper Drive Hamilton
Received 13 Jun 200633 Hamilton Drive Cambuslang
Received 8 Nov 2006Easterhouse Farm Cobbinshaw EH55 8LN
Received 5 Oct 2006Kirkhouse Farm White Hill Estate Dolphinton EH46 7AF
Received 5 Oct 20062 Pathhead Douglas ML11 0QJ
Received 5 Oct 2006Church Hall St Pauls Parish Church Forth
Received 5 Oct 200610 Braefoot Court Law ML8 5HY
Received 5 Oct 200617 Howes Way Carstairs Junction ML11 8SE
Received 5 Oct 200621 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 3 Aug 2006Plot 38 Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 1 Aug 200625 Bressay East Kilbride
Received 28 Jul 20064 Braeview Place Whirlies Roundabout East Kilbride G74 3XH
Received 28 Jul 20062 Ayton Park South East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 2006South Muirhead Farm Strathaven
Received 25 Jul 200610 Colinhill Road Strathaven
Received 25 Jul 2006Flat 1/Left 10 Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6LZ
Received 25 Jul 2006Kittoch School Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 25 Jul 200630 Eden Grove East Kilbride
Received 25 Jul 200643 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton
Received 22 May 2007Coulter Lodge Coulter ML12 6PZ
Received 22 May 2007Coulter Lodge Coulter ML12 6PZ
Received 22 May 200747 Main Street Symington ML12 6LL
Received 18 Jun 200784 Dumfries Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TF
Received 18 Jun 2007"Rosebank" 4 Elvanfoot Road Leadhills ML12 6YF
Received 18 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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