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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
30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,218 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 The Lairs Kirkmuirhill
Received 7 Mar 2006Land Adjoining West Millrigg Farm Millrigg Road Wiston ML12 6HU
Received 7 Mar 2006Coulter Lodge Coulter ML12 6PZ
Received 22 May 2006School Road Symington
Received 22 May 2006Coulter Lodge Coulter ML12 6PZ
Received 22 May 2006Entryfoot By Carnwath ML11 8LH
Received 22 May 200633 Ambleside Rise Hamilton
Received 5 Apr 200643 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 5 Apr 200655 Limekilnburn Road Quarter Hamilton
Received 5 Apr 20066 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 27 Mar 2006Shawlands Hotel Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall
Received 4 Apr 200628 Ewart Terrace Hamilton
Received 4 Apr 200612 Ellisland Drive Blantyre
Received 4 Apr 200662 Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9BS
Received 21 Mar 2006236 Woodside Terrace Tarbrax EH55 8XB
Received 21 Mar 2006Eaglesham Road Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 28 Feb 200637 Moss Road Strathaven
Received 28 Feb 200618 Staffa East Kilbride
Received 28 Feb 200635 Mitchell Grove East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 200631 Whitemoss Road East Kilbride
Received 21 Aug 200680 Dawson Avenue Westwood East Kilbride
Received 21 Aug 2006Plot B Adjacent To Steading Dippool Farm Fordmouth ML11 8LS
Received 8 Aug 2006Midtown Farm Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow, ML8 4QS
Received 23 Aug 200629 Macarthur Drive East Kilbride
Received 6 Jul 2006Records 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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