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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 Loch Shin East Kilbride G74 2DH
Received 6 Feb 201515 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell G71 8DR
Received 6 Feb 2015Site To West Of Braehead House 20 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 6 Feb 201528 Barn Street Strathaven ML10 6LU
Received 15 Jan 201520 Hozier Street Carluke ML8 5DW
Received 15 Jan 201572 Carlisle Road Crawfordjohn ML12 6SX
Received 8 Jan 201510 Burns Road Kirkmuirhill Lanark ML11 9QS
Received 11 Dec 201447 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1NS
Received 11 Dec 2014Land At Galalea Stoneymeadow Road High Blantyre G72 9HE
Received 11 Dec 2014167 Neilsland Road Hamilton ML3 8EU
Received 11 Dec 2014Land Adjacent To Paisleycrook Bridge Off B7078 And To South Of Junction 12 Of M74
Received 9 Dec 20149 Fenwick Drive Hamilton ML3 7YG
Received 27 Aug 20145 Cornhill Grove Biggar ML12 6GN
Received 7 Oct 2015Hyndshaw Farm Hyndshaw Road Carluke ML8 5HL
Received 29 Sept 2015Kingsway Filling Station East Kilbride
Received 17 Sept 20151 Griqua Terrace Bothwell G71 8RA
Received 16 Sept 2015Newton Brae Westburn Cambuslang G72 7UN
Received 11 Sept 201587 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7NT
Received 9 Sept 201580 Miller Street Larkhall ML9 2HN
Received 12 Jun 201541 Reid Street Hamilton ML3 0RG
Received 5 May 201549 Carlisle Road Hamilton ML3 7TU
Received 3 Nov 2017Audi Approved Hamilton Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EJ
Received 19 Sept 2017South Vennel Lanark
Received 19 Jul 201748 Wellwood Avenue Lanark ML11 7HS
Received 29 Jun 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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