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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
30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65 Pembroke East Kilbride G74 3QD
Received 29 May 20091 Wellknowe Road Thorntonhall G74 5AH
Received 29 May 2009Freshwinds 8 Manse Road Stonehouse
Received 9 Apr 20093 Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 2 Jun 200995 Alford Avenue Blantyre
Received 2 Jun 200924 Spinningdale Stonehouse
Received 2 Jun 20096 Wellbrae Road Fairhill Hamilton
Received 14 Sept 20093 Birdsfield Street Burnbank Hamilton
Received 14 Sept 2009Windyhill Elsrickle
Received 14 Sept 200914 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 11 Sept 200915 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston Glasgow G71 7BH
Received 11 Sept 20098 Low Quarry Gardens Hamilton ML3 6RH
Received 11 Sept 2009Blantyre Victoria F.C. Grounds Forrest Street Blantyre
Received 11 Sept 2009Craigbank Road Larkhall
Received 11 Sept 20091 Flemington Court Strathaven ML10 6FL
Received 9 Sept 2009The Plaza Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LW
Received 24 Aug 200933 Rowhead Terrace Biggar
Received 31 Aug 2009Blaeberry Cottage Lesmahagow
Received 31 Aug 2009New Cross Centre Hamilton
Received 15 Jul 200981 Udston Road Hamilton
Received 15 Jul 2009107 Margaretvale Drive Larkhall
Received 10 Jul 200924 Carrick Road East Kilbride G74 4AE
Received 14 Sept 2009Hopetoun Arms Hotel 37 Main Street Leadhills, ML12 6XP
Received 11 Sept 2009Tesco Extra Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Aug 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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