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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LY
Received 25 Aug 201048 Fernslea Avenue Blantyre G71 9PW
Received 25 Aug 2010241 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 1 Jul 2010121 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QF
Received 1 Apr 201013 - 14 Greenhills Square East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8TT
Received 12 Mar 2010Broomknowe Cottage Blair Road Crossford ML8 5QS
Received 8 Mar 201029 Goremire Road Carluke ML8 4PQ
Received 8 Mar 201014 Dormiston Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9SL
Received 8 Mar 201093 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen
Received 19 Feb 201033 Russell Street Hamilton ML3 0QP
Received 13 Jul 201064 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71
Received 9 Jul 201048 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 3RZ
Received 8 Jun 201084 Hamilton Road Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7NU
Received 8 Jun 2010The State Hospital Carstairs ML11 8RP
Received 13 May 20108 Sudbury Crescent East Kilbride G75 8NB
Received 5 May 2010The Village Centre Ltd East Mains Baptist Church 12 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride G74 4HG
Received 4 May 201044 Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 2EH
Received 8 Apr 201020 Ewing Court Hamilton ML3 8UX
Received 8 Apr 2010Sked Cottage Carwood Biggar, ML12 6LX
Received 11 Feb 20105 Gilroy Close Lanark ML11 7JN
Received 10 Feb 20108 Gowanside Place Carluke ML8 5UN
Received 11 Feb 201084 High Street Lanark ML11
Received 7 Dec 2009202 New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 Oer
Received 7 Dec 2009Existing Carpark Wellgatehead Lanark, ML11 9AA
Received 7 Dec 2009Records 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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