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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Glassford Primary School Alston Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TG
Received 25 Aug 2014401 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen
Received 6 Aug 201486 Oak Wynd Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7GT
Received 28 Jul 201472 New Plymouth Westwood East Kilbride G75 8QB
Received 22 Jul 2014The Plaza Tower The Plaza Town Centre East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 12 Dec 201720 Braedale Road Lanark ML11 7AN
Received 5 Dec 2017Land At Spittal Road Carnwath
Received 11 Sept 2017Site Off Eaglesham Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2017Huntlybank Farm Ravenstruther Lanark ML11 7SD
Received 7 Jul 20175 Achengilloch East Kilbride G75 0HJ
Received 8 Jun 201722 Green Street Bothwell G71 8RJ
Received 31 May 201722 Clydeview Bothwell G71 8NW
Received 31 May 2017Cornhill South Lodge Coulter Biggar ML12 6PP
Received 5 May 201733 Academy Street Larkhall ML9 2BJ
Received 28 Apr 201719 Sportsfield Road Hamilton ML3 8RF
Received 20 Apr 201710 Bowmont Place East Kilbride G75 8YG
Received 20 Mar 20173 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 9 Jan 20172 Glenburn Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 16 Feb 2016Site Adjacent To Broomhill Road, Larkhall
Received 3 Nov 201512 Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7PE
Received 22 Dec 201616 Corrie Court Hamilton ML3 9XE
Received 15 Dec 2016Unit 5 And 6A 35/37 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7HB
Received 10 Nov 201623 Kingsknowe Drive Rutherglen G73 2AB
Received 23 Sept 201611 Ashburton Park East Kilbride G75 8PX
Received 24 Jun 2016Records 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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