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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
30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middlebank Farm Ravenstruther ML11 8NL
Received 27 Oct 2009West Coats Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Oct 200994 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride G75 0EN
Received 12 Oct 2009St Louises Primary School Whitehills Terrace East Kilbride G75 0NF
Received 12 Oct 2009137 Larch Drive East Kilbride G75 9HF
Received 12 Oct 200932 Bute East Kilbride G74 2AZ
Received 12 Oct 200927 Glenburn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 7 Jun 2010116 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PW
Received 4 Jun 201010 Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8ND
Received 4 Jun 201096 Walnut Gate Cambuslang G72 7FH
Received 3 Jun 2010Lee Meadow Farm Braidwood ML8 4PP
Received 1 Jun 20108 Gillbank Avenue Carluke ML8 5UW
Received 26 May 2010Leelaw Farm Greenrig Road Hawksland, ML11 9QA
Received 25 May 20107 Viewpark Road Biggar ML12 6BG
Received 25 May 201041 Olifard Avenue Bothwell G71 8QL
Received 24 May 20101 Carnoustie Court Bothwell G71 8UB
Received 24 May 2010Hamilton Bus Station/Orchard Street Car Park Hamilton ML3
Received 24 May 201041 Merlewood Avenue Bothwell
Received 11 Jun 20091 Rederech Crescent Hamilton
Received 11 Jun 2009Vacant Plot Near Hallburn Bridge Nr Strathaven ML10 6QE
Received 1 Jun 200926 Skerne Grove Gardenhall East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 1 Jun 20099 Lesmahagow Road Strathaven
Received 1 Jun 20093 Fortrose Gardens Strathaven ML10 6FH
Received 1 Jun 20099 Steel Way Lesmahagow ML11 0NA
Received 5 May 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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