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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Brandon Street Hamilton ML3 6DA
Received 15 Feb 201019 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 11 Feb 201026 Dunscore Brae Hamilton
Received 11 Feb 2010Ground Adjacent To Hallburn Bridge Off A71 Strathaven
Received 15 Dec 200913 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride
Received 15 Dec 20093 Gibb Court Stonehouse ML9 3GB
Received 18 Mar 2010117 Cedar Drive Greenhills East Kilbride
Received 15 Mar 2010Lanes 1 The Boardwalk Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 5 Mar 2010Torfoot Farm Fishery Drumclog Strathaven
Received 5 Mar 201038 Myers Crescent Uddingston G71 7NJ
Received 5 Mar 20107 Capelrig Drive Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 5 Mar 201016 Kintyre Wynd Carluke
Received 28 Jan 201050 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QG
Received 15 Dec 20092 - 4 Whin Place East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3XS
Received 15 Dec 200915 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston G71 7BH
Received 3 Dec 2009Lochpark Industrial Estate Stonehouse ML9 3LS
Received 3 Dec 200921 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PZ
Received 3 Dec 20093 Strathwhillan Drive East Kilbride G75 8GT
Received 7 Sept 20093 Lanark Road Braidwood
Received 11 Oct 201027 Rosemount Crescent Carstairs ML11 8QN
Received 11 Oct 2010Station Cottage Happendon By Douglas ML11 0RL
Received 11 Oct 201018 Caledonian Gardens Coalburn ML11 0BF
Received 30 Sept 2010147 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1EB
Received 24 Sept 2010Cadzow House High Parks Farm Barncluith Road Hamilton ML3 7UQ
Received 9 Sept 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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