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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GA
Received 17 Aug 2010Mast 3 Rake Law At Snar Farm Crawfordjohn
Received 17 Aug 2010Mast 2 South West Of Windy Dod At Snar Farm Crawfordjohn
Received 17 Aug 201047/49 Claude Street Larkhall ML9 2NR
Received 17 Aug 20105 Lockhart Street Hamilton ML3 7UN
Received 16 Aug 201034 Royal Drive Hamilton ML3 7DJ
Received 10 Aug 201015 Spruce Avenue Hamilton
Received 10 Aug 201060 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0JX
Received 9 Aug 2010Vacant Site Hornal Road Uddingston
Received 9 Aug 201037 Millheugh Place Blantyre
Received 18 Aug 201047 Brendon Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2010West Kype Farm High Kype Road Sandford Strathaven
Received 18 Aug 20101 Kittoch Street The Village East Kilbride G74
Received 18 Aug 201014 Wellington Newlandsmuir East Kilbride G75 8RB
Received 18 Aug 2010113 Teal Crescent East Kilbride G75 8UT
Received 25 Oct 2010225 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride G75 8EN
Received 15 Oct 201017F And 17G Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6DU
Received 15 Oct 2010Dobbies Garden Centre Sandyholm Crossford By Carluke ML8 5QT
Received 14 Oct 201032 East Wellbrae Crescent Hamilton
Received 7 Oct 2010Land At Broadwood Gilkerscleugh Abington ML12 6SQ
Received 6 Oct 2010129 Lanark Road Carstairs
Received 6 Oct 201028 Royellen Avenue Hamilton ML3 8QH
Received 30 Sept 2010Yard B 36 Hawbank Road East Kilbride
Received 14 Oct 2010Browshott Farm Browshott Road Braehead ML11 8HB
Received 28 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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