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
30,402 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 25 Feb 201547 Stonehouse Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PD
Received 25 Feb 20156 Maclean Place East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4TQ
Received 2 Feb 201552 Millar Street Glassford ML10 6TD
Received 26 Jan 201528 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 5RT
Received 26 Jan 201527 Ministers Park East Kilbride G74 5BX
Received 14 Jan 2015Land Behind 19 Alston Street Glassford
Received 2 Dec 201441 Dee Place East Kilbride G75 8RZ
Received 1 Dec 2014245 Glasgow Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1SU
Received 1 Dec 2014Aldi Store 70 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 8 Oct 2014Site To The Rear Of 160 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HR
Received 8 Oct 20144 Delves Road Lanark ML11 9DU
Received 3 Oct 20147 Belmont Avenue Uddingston G71 7AX
Received 10 Oct 201622 Whitehill Crescent Lanark ML11 9HG
Received 29 Aug 201614 Station Gate Netherburn Larkhall ML9 3FD
Received 9 Aug 2016Hardington Mains Farm Lamington Biggar ML12 6HS
Received 11 Jul 2016110 Redlawood Road Cambuslang G72 7TP
Received 5 Jul 2016182 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DU
Received 27 May 20164 Curries Close Douglas Lanark ML11 0QN
Received 24 Feb 201652 Alford Avenue Westcraigs Blantyre G72 0GS
Received 16 Feb 201617 Braidwood Road Carluke ML8 5PD
Received 5 Feb 20165 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston G71 7DF
Received 4 Feb 2016Holmpark Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride G74 3XY
Received 30 Dec 201528 Gilchrist Walk Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0FQ
Received 10 Dec 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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