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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
30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Woodside Walk Hamilton ML3 7JD
Received 22 Jan 2010No 8 Silvermuir Holdings Ravenstruther
Received 21 Jan 2010Craiglea Chapelside Road Nerston East Kilbride
Received 31 Dec 2009Land At West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NQ
Received 31 Dec 20092 Holmwood Avenue Uddingston
Received 1 Dec 20094 Station Place Law
Received 16 Jun 2010Hyndford House Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 18 Jun 2010Land Adjacent To 43 & 45 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 18 Jun 20103 Dalziel Grove Cambuslang G72 7UY
Received 28 Apr 2010241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3RJ
Received 28 Apr 20106 Cedar Place Strathaven
Received 23 Feb 201031 School Road Sandford
Received 15 Feb 2010Lees Burn Court East Kilbride
Received 15 Feb 201022 Burnside View East Kilbride G75 9FZ
Received 15 Feb 201016 Violet Crescent Stonehouse ML9 3HZ
Received 29 Sept 2010Land At Vere Road Kirkmuirhill
Received 2 Aug 20107 Carradale Gardens Carluke ML8 4LU
Received 2 Aug 201010 Tait Walk Crossford ML8 5NR
Received 7 Apr 2010Tuv Nel Ltd James Watt Avenue Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride
Received 16 Feb 201040 Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6LF
Received 16 Feb 201026 St Leonards Square East Kilbride G74 2AT
Received 16 Feb 2010Gill Farm Hayhill Road Thorntonhall G74 5AN
Received 16 Feb 2010Pod H24 Off Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 16 Feb 20105 Mousa Park Cambuslang
Received 12 Feb 2010Records 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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