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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Silverwells House 1 Old Mill House Bothwell
Received 26 Nov 20091-3 Princes Mall East Kilbride
Received 12 Nov 2009Morrishall Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Nov 200929 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 12 Nov 200912 Eaglesfield Crescent Strathaven
Received 12 Nov 2009Hill Cottage Garvald West Linton Ltd. Estate Dolphinton West Linton
Received 19 Oct 2009Milton Primary School Strathaven Road Lesmahagow, ML11 0DN
Received 19 Oct 200991 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 22 Feb 20107 Redwood Close Hamilton ML3 8SY
Received 29 Jan 20104 Milne Way Uddingston
Received 29 Jan 20104 Park View Larkhall
Received 23 Nov 200911 Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 23 Nov 200928 Alford Avenue Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 23 Nov 200914 Alloway Gardens Hamilton ML3 9XZ
Received 20 Nov 2009Clyde Street/Luggie Road Roundabout Carluke
Received 9 Oct 200986, 88 & 90 Calderwood Square East Kilbride G74 3BQ
Received 5 Oct 200911 Meadow Close Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9LT
Received 5 Oct 200919 Tuphall Road Hamilton
Received 1 Oct 20092 Harlequin Court Hamilton
Received 1 Oct 2009The Hopetoun Arms Hotel 37 Main Street Leadhills, ML12 6XP
Received 22 Sept 200958 Mainsacre Drive Stonehouse ML9 3QH
Received 21 Jun 20109 Blackhill View Law ML8 5JZ
Received 21 Jun 2010North Cumberhead Farm Cumberhead Road Lesmahagow ML11 0HN
Received 21 Jun 201015 Castleknowe Gardens Carluke ML8 5GX
Received 21 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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