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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Redwood Crescent Hamilton ML3 8SZ
Received 28 Sept 2010Mount View Caravan Park Abington
Received 9 Jun 201071 Miller Street Larkhall
Received 8 Jun 2010Brookfield 7 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 18 May 201012 Marlborough Park East Kilbride G75 8PS
Received 18 May 2010Victoria Falls Hurlawcrook Road Auldhouse East Kilbride G75 0QL
Received 18 May 2010The Coach House 17 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 28 Apr 20107 Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 28 Apr 201036 Kirkwall Avenue Blantyre
Received 12 Nov 2009Land At Silvermuir Road Ravenstruther ML11 7SF
Received 22 Mar 2010Land Adjacent To 1 Station Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TG
Received 16 Feb 2010Land To North Of Existing Cemetery On The B7016, Carnwath
Received 8 Jan 2010Strathbogie Farm Elsrickle ML12 6QY
Received 11 Jan 2010Bankhead Farm Cottage Biggar Road Carnwath
Received 22 Dec 200928 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven South Lanarkshire ML10 6TD
Received 9 Aug 20101 New Park Street Hamilton ML3 0BN
Received 9 Aug 201064 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7PU
Received 5 Aug 201058 Bertram Street Hamilton
Received 27 Jul 20109 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell G71 8RT
Received 15 Jun 2010Plot 2 16 Cathkin Gate Rutherglen G73 5RW
Received 26 Jul 2010Unit 10 Hamilton Palace Grounds Development 62 Castle Street Hamilton
Received 22 Jul 2010Atholl House Churchill Avenue East Kilbride G74 1LU
Received 20 Jul 2010Highflat Farm Clarkston Glasgow G76 9EU
Received 20 Jul 201019 Dunvegan Place Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4DH
Received 20 Jul 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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