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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Orchard Place Hamilton ML3 6PG
Received 7 Oct 201010 Old Mill Lane Uddingston G71 7PD
Received 7 Oct 201034 Sheepburn Road Uddingston G71 7DY
Received 20 Sept 2010Waterbank Farm Westerfield Road Glasgow G76 9HS
Received 8 Sept 2010McDonalds Queensway East Kilbride G74 5NY
Received 30 Jul 2010McDonalds Queensway East Kilbride G74 5NY
Received 30 Jul 2010Lindsayfield Avenue/Greenhills Road East Kilbride
Received 30 Jul 201024 Sycamore Gardens Blackwood ML11 9SX
Received 28 Jan 2010Molecatcher's Cottage East Brownlee Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 28 Jan 201031 Wilsontown Road Wilsontown ML11 8ER
Received 7 Oct 20098A Abington Road Symington ML12 6JX
Received 7 Oct 2009Hazelbank 306 New Trows Road Lesmahagow, ML11 0JS
Received 7 Oct 2009Hillhouse Road/Argyle Crescent Hamilton
Received 5 Oct 2010Fieldhead Craigend Road Auldhouse G75 9DR
Received 12 Jul 2010Kirk Bauk Symington ML12 6LB
Received 6 Jul 2010120 Auchinraith Road Blantyre
Received 12 Feb 2010Newfield Primary School Muirhead Stonehouse ML9 3HQ
Received 12 Feb 201016 Walnut Gate Cambuslang
Received 1 Dec 20091 Redwood Crescent East Kilbride G74 5PA
Received 9 Nov 200937 Tulliallan Place East Kilbride G74 2EG
Received 9 Nov 20098 Wintergreen Drive East Kilbride G74 4UP
Received 9 Nov 2009Former Scottsmuir Garden Centre Crookedshields Road Nerston East Kilbride G74 4PE
Received 13 Jul 2010Glebe Street Church Hall Glebe Street East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4JS
Received 13 Jul 201021 Lendal Place East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8JU
Received 23 Jun 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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