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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
31,311 approved · 1,292 refused · 2,303 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 6 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Penbreck & Carmacoup Forest Near Douglas
Received 11 Dec 2008The Paddock Biggar Road Symington ML12 6LQ
Received 12 Nov 20086 Glenavon Court Larkhall
Received 16 Jan 200911 Eskdale Drive Rutherglen
Received 18 Nov 2008Dalmarnock 26 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 14 Nov 2008St Nicholas Parish Church High Street/Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 19 Nov 200811 Lesmahagow Road Boghead ML11 0JA
Received 10 Dec 2008High Drumclog Farm Cottage Meadowfoot Road Drumclog Strathaven
Received 14 Jan 200919 Watling Street Crawford
Received 12 Nov 200812 Nethanvale Terrace Lesmahagow ML11 0DS
Received 26 Jan 20093 Barons Gate Bothwell
Received 1 Dec 200851 Drummond Hill East Kilbride
Received 19 Dec 2008Dalmarnock 26 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 14 Nov 200811 Forsa Court East Kilbride G75 9NS
Received 29 Jan 2009Express By Holiday Inn Keith Street Hamilton
Received 14 Nov 2008Bardykes Colliery Site Halfway Cambuslang
Received 16 Dec 20081 Bartie Gardens Ashgill Larkhall
Received 29 Jan 200912 Uddingston Road Bothwell
Received 16 Dec 20084 Maclean Place East Kilbride G74 4TQ
Received 16 Jan 200915 Balta Crescent Cambuslang
Received 4 Dec 2008Kerse Home Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0HX
Received 6 Jan 2009Unit 1 St James Park Eaglesham Road Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 18 Nov 2008Co-Op Food Store 64/68 Burnbank Centre Burnbank Hamilton
Received 4 Dec 2008Jacks Road Uddingston
Received 4 Feb 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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