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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
30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Trent Place East Kilbride G75 8RU
Received 22 Jun 200923 Glen Cannich East Kilbride
Received 22 Jun 2009Spar Station Road Law ML8 5LN
Received 28 Apr 2009STREET RECORD Tinto End - Access Wiston Biggar South Lanarkshire
Received 28 Apr 200960 Hamilton Park North Hamilton
Received 27 Apr 2009Wheatpark Cottage Wheatpark Road Lanark ML11 7QA
Received 15 Apr 2009The Loaning Douglas
Received 19 Mar 2009Cots Castle Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 22 Sept 200922 Cardon Drive Biggar ML12 6EZ
Received 5 Aug 2009Crestview Spittal Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 5 Aug 20095 Ravenswood Road Strathaven
Received 31 Jul 2009Unit 8/9 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4PA
Received 28 Jul 2009Unit 8/9 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 28 Jul 2009Unit 8/9 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road G74 4UN
Received 28 Jul 20095A Markethill Road Village East Kilbride G74 4AA
Received 28 Jul 2009Scholar's Gate East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 2009High Common Road East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 200950 Royal Gardens Bothwell
Received 1 Apr 20098 Dukes Gate Bothwell
Received 12 May 200923 Brightside Avenue Uddingston
Received 12 May 2009St Marks Primary School Sherry Drive Hamilton
Received 12 May 200971 Lockhart Street Stonehouse
Received 12 May 20091ST Floor Left 33 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 12 May 200910 Lansdowne Gardens Hamilton
Received 12 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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