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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
30,251 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
43 Laburnum Lea Hamilton ML3 7LY
Received 29 Apr 2010Plot 13 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 28 Apr 2010New Douglas Park Cadzow Avenue Hamilton ML3 0FT
Received 12 Mar 2010St Mary's R C Church Raploch Road Larkhall ML9 1AN
Received 12 Mar 201013 Florence Gardens Rutherglen
Received 17 Feb 201096 Skylands Rise Hamilton ML3 8SA
Received 8 Feb 201044 Shaw Street Larkhall
Received 8 Feb 2010115 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BX
Received 8 Feb 20102 Russell Street Hamilton
Received 8 Feb 201022 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell
Received 8 Feb 2010Overton Farm Crossford ML8 5QF
Received 8 Feb 2010Plot Adjacent To White House Edinburgh Road Abington ML12 6SA
Received 31 Dec 2009Land At Wellburn Farm Strathaven Road Lesmahagow
Received 18 Dec 2009Deanbank Quothquan Biggar
Received 21 Dec 2009260 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 27 Nov 20097C Lower Bourtree Drive Rutherglen
Received 24 Nov 200915 Snaefell Avenue Rutherglen G73 5DF
Received 18 Nov 2009Sandhurst Block Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 27 Oct 200950 Shiel Drive Larkhall
Received 15 Oct 20092 Leith Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LY
Received 15 Oct 200945 Main Street Uddingston
Received 22 Sept 200912 Coatshill Avenue Blantyre G72 9LG
Received 22 Jun 201010 Manse Drive Biggar ML12 6BD
Received 18 Dec 200922 Tulliallan Place East Kilbride G74 2EG
Received 2 Dec 2009Records 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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