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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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Plot A Dippool Farm Auchengray ML11 8LW
Received 15 Aug 20066 Shawton Road Chapelton Strathaven
Received 7 Aug 20067 Park Drive Thorntonhall
Received 7 Aug 2006142 Dukes Road Rutherglen
Received 31 Jul 20067 Calder Drive Cambuslang
Received 30 Jun 20069 Rowan Court Cambuslang
Received 30 Jun 20061 Andrew Baxter Avenue Shawsburn Village Ashgill
Received 22 May 2006103 Machan Road Larkhall
Received 22 May 2006The Windsor 3/5 Castle Street Hamilton
Received 22 May 2006The Windsor 3/5 Castle Street Hamilton
Received 22 May 200645 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 22 May 2006111 Burnblea Street Hamilton
Received 22 May 20065 Cameron Way Blantyre
Received 22 May 20061 Angus Avenue Hamilton
Received 22 May 200620 Pine Crescent Hamilton
Received 22 May 20067 Aspen Way Hamilton
Received 22 May 2006Low Drumclog Farm Drumclog Strathaven
Received 12 Feb 200720 Glen Carron East Kilbride
Received 12 Feb 200778 High Street Lanark
Received 12 Feb 2007Co-Op Food Store 110 Main Street Forth
Received 12 Feb 2007Co-Op Food Store 16 Carstairs Road Carstairs ML11 8QD
Received 12 Feb 20076 Glasgow Road Cambuslang
Received 25 Jan 200730 Alloway Crescent Rutherglen
Received 25 Jan 2007Hallcraig Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HG
Received 11 Jan 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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