Understanding planning · 13 min read
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
30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Jura Gardens Hamilton ML3 8RB
Received 27 Mar 2017Bridgend View Carluke
Received 24 Mar 20176 St Vincent Place Lanark ML11 7LA
Received 17 Feb 201745 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PT
Received 9 Feb 201717 Ambleside Rise Hamilton ML3 7HJ
Received 3 Feb 2017Cleughearn Lodge High Cleughearn Road East Kilbride G75 9DP
Received 6 Dec 2016Glaikhead Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark
Received 17 Nov 201671 Underwood Road Burnside Rutherglen G73 3TF
Received 15 Nov 201610 Moffat Gardens East Kilbride G75 8YA
Received 14 Nov 2016Guys Inn 93 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton ML3 8AG
Received 18 Oct 20168 Wardrop Place East Kilbride G74 4DX
Received 12 Oct 20161 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 13 Jul 2016The Limes 41 Ayr Road Douglas Lanark ML11 0PU
Received 1 Jul 2016Smiddy Cottage Yieldshields Farm Carluke ML8 4QB
Received 17 Jun 201631 Ness Drive Blantyre G72 9RU
Received 13 Jun 2016Greenlaw Farm Shieldhill Road Quothquan Biggar ML12 6NA
Received 13 Jun 201623 Moor Road Cartland Lanark ML11 7RE
Received 13 Jun 2016Broken Cross Open Cast Mine Douglas Lanark ML11 9PB
Received 20 May 20163 Crabtree Street Douglas Lanark ML11 0QQ
Received 26 Apr 2016Mill Cottage Philipshill Road East Kilbride G76 9HR
Received 18 Apr 20167 Threestanes Road Strathaven ML10 6DX
Received 15 Jan 201820 Candytoft Wynd Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7ZF
Received 21 Dec 20171 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride G74 4BW
Received 18 Dec 2017141 Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4QA
Received 12 Dec 2017Records 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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