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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30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton
Received 5 Aug 2008Plots 1 & 2 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 5 Aug 20089 Annan Avenue Gardenhall East Kilbride G75 8XP
Received 14 Jul 2008The Byre St James Avenue Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 14 Jul 200856 Alwyn Drive East Kilbride G74 4RL
Received 14 Jul 2008Kype Hill Farm Strathaven ML10 6PN
Received 14 Jul 20082 Kyleakin Drive Blantyre
Received 17 Feb 2009Department For International Development Abercrombie House Eaglesham Road East Kilbride G75 8YL
Received 16 Feb 200915A Whistleberry Drive Hamilton
Received 21 Jan 2009Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell
Received 21 Jan 200928 Linnhe Avenue Hamilton
Received 21 Jan 2009Shotlinn Farm A723 Strathaven To Hamilton Glassford Strathaven
Received 21 Jan 2009Plot 4 Glenview Park Larkhall
Received 21 Jan 2009Burnside Nursery Cleghorn ML11 8NZ
Received 4 Aug 2008Lee Vale Hawksland ML11 9QA
Received 24 Oct 2008St Brides Centre Braehead Douglas ML11 0PT
Received 8 Sept 2009Flat 1 23 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 22 Jun 2009Basement Floor Mechanics Workshop New Lanark ML11 9DB
Received 1 Jun 2009Plot 9 Langvout Gate Biggar ML12 6UF
Received 1 Jun 20091 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0DB
Received 1 Jun 2009Berries Hotel Church Street Larkhall
Received 6 May 200914 Summerlee Road Larkhall
Received 6 May 2009Loudon Mews 49 Union Street Hamilton
Received 6 May 2009Palazzo Kitchens & Bathrooms 151/153 Main Street Uddingston
Received 6 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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