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
30,377 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Tannin Crescent East Kilbride G75 9FS
Received 15 Jun 2017Avalon Equestrian Centre Wee Sunnyside Road Larkhall ML9 1RB
Received 6 Jun 201744 Hardie Street Blantyre G72 0DB
Received 31 May 2017101-107 Almada Street Hamilton ML3 0EX
Received 17 May 20173 Peel Park Place East Kilbride G74 5LW
Received 15 May 2017168 Quebec Drive East Kilbride G75 8SE
Received 23 Mar 2016Salvation Army Hall Keith Street Hamilton ML3 7BL
Received 31 Aug 2015Lanark Road (A73) Braidwood
Received 31 Aug 201535 Arran Gardens Hamilton ML3 7NZ
Received 1 Jul 201517 Burnbank Road Hamilton ML3 9AA
Received 2 Jun 201524 Bankfield Drive Hamilton ML3 7AB
Received 27 May 2015Woodend Cottage Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7RB
Received 20 Apr 201542 Cairns Road Cambuslang G72 8PT
Received 27 May 20167 Westfarm Lane Cambuslang G72 7WF
Received 11 May 201666 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7NN
Received 22 Apr 2016Croftfoot Tupps Road Yieldshields Carluke ML8 4QX
Received 2 Feb 2016Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 20 Mar 2015Land To The West Of Overfingland Farm Overfingland Estate Biggar, ML12 6TH
Received 4 Aug 201434 Sheepburn Road Uddingston Glasgow G71 7DY
Received 15 Jul 2014The Courtyard East Overton Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 22 Nov 2017Woodlands Ryelands Farm Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 18 Apr 2017Beechgrove Cottage Yieldshields Road Carluke ML8 4QE
Received 5 Apr 2017565 Carlisle Road Lesmahagow Lanark ML11 0FT
Received 3 Aug 2015Centre West Shopping Centre Lower Mall East Kilbride G74 1LL
Received 13 Jul 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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