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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Chestnut Walk Strathaven ML10 6GY
Received 20 Jul 20107 Lodge Cottages Elvanfoot ML12 6TQ
Received 16 Jul 201025 Macarthur Drive East Kilbride
Received 15 Jun 2010Area Of Ground To The Rear Of 35/25 Allanshaw Street Hamilton ML3 6NL
Received 11 Jun 201014 Kylepark Crescent Uddingston G71 7DQ
Received 11 Jun 201018 Poplar Crescent Quarter Hamilton ML3 7FG
Received 9 Apr 20103 Homeston Avenue Bothwell G71 8PL
Received 19 May 2010High Mains Farm Markethill Road East Kilbride G74 4NS
Received 17 May 2010Whitemoss Recreation Area John Wright Sports Centre Calderwood East Kilbride G74 3EU
Received 17 May 2010175 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 14 May 201014 Douglas Drive Bothwell
Received 10 May 201012/14 Regent Way Hamilton
Received 10 May 2010139 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3ST
Received 21 Apr 20102A Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NE
Received 7 Apr 2010Focus Car Park Whistleberry Road Blantyre
Received 1 Oct 201078 Farm Road Hamilton ML3 9LD
Received 1 Oct 2010Unit 1C Palace Grounds Retail Park Hamilton
Received 1 Sept 201031A Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 5 Aug 201019 Ledvinka Crescent Hamilton ML3 0NY
Received 20 Jul 20101 Mansefield Court Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TR
Received 30 Sept 200920 Shawsgate Ashgill
Received 21 Sept 201052 - 58 Main Street Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7EP
Received 10 Sept 20106 Southern Avenue Rutherglen
Received 10 Sept 2010Broadlees Golf Driving Range Glasgow Road Chapelton ML10 6RR
Received 26 Aug 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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