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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
30,450 approved · 1,265 refused · 2,234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Mauldslie WWTW A72 North Of Rosebank
Received 29 Aug 2005Jobcentreplus 55 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7NR
Received 29 Aug 2005Townfoot Elsrickle Biggar ML12 6QZ
Received 2 Aug 2005The Royal Bank Of Scotland 8 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0DB
Received 5 Apr 20067 Maccallum Drive Cambuslang
Received 7 Mar 200670 Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Mar 20061 Singer Road Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 16 Nov 2005Plot 2 42 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 18 Jan 20068 Park Street Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QZ
Received 18 Jan 20061 Weavers Yard Douglas
Received 18 Jan 200623 Holm Road Crossford ML8 5RG
Received 18 Jan 2006Abington Service Area M74 Motorway Abington ML12 6RG
Received 18 Jan 20069 Grays Road Green Elms Trading Estate Uddingston
Received 22 Aug 200683 Rosevale Crescent Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 2006Bothwell Motorway Service Area M74 Southbound Bothwell
Received 22 Aug 20067 Springfield Avenue Uddingston
Received 22 Aug 2006Lochpark Industrial Estate Kirk Street Stonehouse
Received 22 Aug 2006260 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 20069 Cairngorm Court Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 20068 Murray Court Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 2006Burnbank Corridor Roundabout Burnbank Road Burnbank Hamilton
Received 15 Aug 200614 Cedar Court Cambuslang
Received 10 Aug 200614 Arrol Wynd Cambuslang
Received 10 Aug 2006424 Kingspark Avenue Rutherglen
Received 10 Aug 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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