Privacy statement for planning enquiries

How we use your information

We will use the information you have given us to provide advice in relation to your planning enquiry and to contact you regarding your enquiry.

Your personal information may be shared with other parts of the council and external bodies who may be asked to provide advice on your enquiry if required.

We will keep your personal information only for the minimum time necessary.

Personal information will only be processed when it is lawful to do so.

Your rights

You have the right to ask us to

  • confirm that we are using personal information about you, detail what that information is, to whom we have disclosed your information, and a copy of the information that we have about you (The right of access)
  • correct any incorrect or misleading personal information that we have about you (The right to rectification)
  • stop using any or all of your personal information (The right to object)
  • delete or destroy your personal information (The right to erasure) and 
  • stop using your personal information until we can look into correcting your personal information or our justification for using your personal information or to stop us deleting your personal data where you need it in connection with any legal claims (the Right of Restriction) and
  • pass your personal information to someone else

For more information on how we use and handle your information and rights, and how to exercise them or how to make a complaint, you can ask for a copy of the council’s explanation from our Data Protection officer by emailing dp@southlanarkshire.gov.uk or see our general privacy notice.

Data Protection Officer

Administrative and Legal Services,
Finance and Corporate Resources,
Council Offices,
Almada Street,
Hamilton
ML3 0AA
Phone: 0303 123 1015
Email: dp@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

The Information Commissioner

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner about the way we have handled your rights, to enquire about any exercise of those rights or to complain about the way that the council has dealt with your rights (or any other aspect of data protection law).

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Phone: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a national rate number.