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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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mossplatt Farm Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8PA
Received 10 Sept 20103 Landsdowne Gardens Hamilton
Received 18 Aug 2010275 Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7PH
Received 24 Sept 2010Uddingston Dental Prctice 1 Main Street Uddingston G71 7ES
Received 21 Sept 2010Site Of Former Uddingston Grammar Station Road Uddingston
Received 22 Sept 2010Lee Meadow Farm Braidwood ML8 4PP
Received 25 Aug 2010Lower Plot Fence Nursery Finnart Lodge Fence Terrace Tillietudlem ML11 9PN
Received 27 Jul 2010Eastmore Nemphlar ML11 9JF
Received 27 Jul 2010The Bank House 72A Main Street Carnwath ML11
Received 27 Jul 2010Council Depot 1 Cathcart Place Rutherglen
Received 24 Jun 2010Westwood Filling Station Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride G75 8EQ
Received 27 Oct 200953 Dunblane Drive East Kilbride G74 4EP
Received 27 Oct 2009Stroud Road Business Park 14 Stroud Road East Kilbride G75 0YA
Received 27 Oct 2009Rigmuir Landfill Restoration Strathaven Road East Kilbride G75 0QZ
Received 13 Oct 20097 Regency Court Hamilton ML3 7EA
Received 10 Mar 201063 Royal Gardens Bothwell G71 8SY
Received 10 Mar 201012 Kincath Avenue Rutherglen
Received 4 Feb 201014 Ardoch Grove Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 201014 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang
Received 4 Feb 2010Strathaven Airfield Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 21 Dec 2009Alderstocks (Whitelee Forest)
Received 30 Nov 200943 Bardykes Road Blantyre
Received 3 Nov 20091 Springfield Nursery Cleghorn ML11 7RW
Received 12 May 201024 Hills Road Strathaven
Received 17 Mar 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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