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30,422 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Sneddon Street Hamilton ML3 0QX
Received 26 Jan 2018Monument At Barncluith Chatelherault Country Park
Received 29 Jan 2018Calderwood Inn 163 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DX
Received 26 Jan 2018105 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EA
Received 17 Jan 2018Lena Gardens Blackwood ML11 9RZ
Received 28 Dec 2017Land 33M Southwest Of 26 Muirlaun Muirlaun Forth Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Dec 2017Mosscastle Forets C15 Andershaw Road Crawfordjohn Approx 1400M South East Of Andershaw Farm
Received 15 Aug 201774 Belstane Road Carluke ML8 4BG
Received 14 Nov 20172 Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lanark ML11 0JA
Received 27 Aug 2015Craigknowe Farm Blantyre
Received 27 Aug 2015138 Kirkton Avenue Blantyre G72 0HR
Received 28 Jul 2015Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 8 Jun 2015Harleyholm Farm Carmichael Lanark
Received 19 May 201518 Lochbrae Drive Rutherglen G73 5QL
Received 2 Apr 201510 Westerdale Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4JF
Received 11 Feb 2015Newton Farm Newton Road Strathaven ML10 6PA
Received 11 Feb 2015256 Kittochside Road East Kilbride G76 9ES
Received 30 Jan 201522 Larch Court Cambuslang G72 7FQ
Received 22 Jan 2015Coldstream Road Strathaven ML10 6SU
Received 19 Jan 2015Shields At Hamilton Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EJ
Received 5 Dec 20141 Manse Road Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3QP
Received 27 Nov 201411 Chestnut Crescent Hamilton ML3 7HD
Received 4 Nov 20148 Aqua Avenue Hamilton ML3 9BA
Received 28 Oct 20141 Market Court Lanark ML11 9EX
Received 28 Oct 2014Records 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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