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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Couplaw Farm Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 6 Apr 20103 Pirnmill Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9NN
Received 6 Apr 2010Croftbank House Old Mill Road Uddingston G71 7JB
Received 31 Mar 201021 Graham Avenue Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 2010Lanark Swimming Pool South Vennel Lanark ML11 7JT
Received 26 Mar 20105 Stuarton Park East Kilbride G74 4LA
Received 23 Mar 201011 Ladykirk Way East Kilbride G74 4GD
Received 23 Mar 201026 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DP
Received 23 Mar 201015 Strathnairn Way East Kilbride G75 8FT
Received 23 Mar 2010Plot 12 Ferry Road Bothwell
Received 22 Mar 2010First Floor And Second Floor 25 Campbell Street Hamilton ML3 6DG
Received 22 Mar 201024-30 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 22 Mar 201012 Manus Duddy Court Blantyre G72 9DE
Received 19 Mar 201029 Hardie Street Blantyre G72 0NW
Received 19 Mar 20101 Chestnut Crescent Hamilton ML3 7HD
Received 19 Mar 201044 Buller Crescent Blantyre G72 9JH
Received 19 Mar 20102 Cypress Court Hamilton
Received 11 Mar 2010165 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QQ
Received 19 Oct 200970 Clyde Avenue Bothwell G71 8DU
Received 19 Oct 2009266 Bellfield Road Coalburn
Received 16 Oct 2009352 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 30 Sept 200948 Oak Wynd Cambuslang
Received 30 Sept 2009Broomfaulds Coulter ML12 6PZ
Received 12 Oct 20102 Forestlea Road Carluke ML8 4JB
Received 12 Oct 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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