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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 7 Palace Grounds Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 19 Apr 2010Crossbank Farm Crossford ML8 5QN
Received 19 Mar 201018 Crosskirk Crescent Strathaven
Received 19 Mar 20104 Glenburn Road (Former JVC Factory) East Kilbride
Received 19 Mar 201011 Appleby Close East Kilbride G75 8SY
Received 25 Sept 2009Mill House Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TR
Received 25 Sept 20098 Barons Gate Bothwell G71 8SJ
Received 26 Oct 2010Douglas Primary School Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0QA
Received 20 Oct 201045 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 20 Oct 2010Bogside Farm Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3DN
Received 20 Oct 201021 Richmond Drive Rutherglen
Received 19 Oct 20104 Brendon Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9GT
Received 19 Oct 20108 Glen Garry East Kilbride G74 2BN
Received 19 Oct 201032 Kirkton Park East Kilbride G74 4HT
Received 19 Oct 201081 Mount Cameron Drive North St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 19 Oct 201045 Mull St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 19 Oct 2010Off Wellhall Road, Opposite Junction With Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton
Received 19 Oct 2010Entrance To Swing Park Lanark Road Rosebank
Received 19 Oct 2010112-114 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HR
Received 18 Oct 201038 Kenshaw Avenue Larkhall ML9 1PW
Received 18 Oct 201016 Turnberry Wynd Bothwell G71 8EE
Received 15 Oct 2010Unit 1- 2 And 3 Palace Towers Palace Ground Road Hamilton ML3 6AD
Received 25 May 2010196 Brownside Road Burnside Glasgow
Received 21 May 2010Haughhead Farm Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7HJ
Received 19 May 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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