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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride G75 0RY
Received 27 Jul 20153 Braeview Place East Kilbride G74 3XH
Received 24 Jun 20156 Southpark Grove Biggar ML12 6GJ
Received 23 Jun 201541 C Millgate Road Hamilton ML3 8JU
Received 15 Jun 2015Bankend Rig II Wind Farm Drumclog
Received 11 Jun 201521 Glen Grove East Kilbride G75 0BG
Received 8 Jun 2015Unit 1 Block 1 Baird Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 22 Mar 20175 Muir Glen Lanark ML11 9DW
Received 16 Mar 201751 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PT
Received 27 Feb 20174 Cedar Place Strathaven ML10 6DW
Received 23 Feb 20174 Libberton Way Hamilton ML3 9JX
Received 20 Feb 201722 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QY
Received 19 Oct 201517A Whinknowe Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AP
Received 6 Jul 2015Plot 15 Garngour Road Lesmahagow ML11 0EU
Received 21 Apr 2015The John Fairweather 52 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EP
Received 13 Nov 201411 Yementry Court Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8TP
Received 4 Nov 20142 Maggie Lawson Court Uddingston G71 7FB
Received 24 Jan 2017Plot 4 Muirhouse Lane Cleghorn Lanark ML11 8NX
Received 19 Dec 201658 Allan Avenue Carluke ML8 5UA
Received 20 Dec 201625 Barn Court Cambuslang G72 6ZS
Received 30 Nov 20162 Sunnyside Road Quarter Hamilton ML3 7XH
Received 26 Oct 201611 Larch Square Cambuslang G72 7BQ
Received 14 Oct 201631 Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6LX
Received 8 Oct 2015Plot 2 Station Road Abington ML12 6RZ
Received 1 Oct 2015Records 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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