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
30,356 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
8 Thornton Road Thorntonhall G74 5AL
Received 3 Mar 2014M74 Hamilton Service Area - Northbound Hamilton Service Area Hamilton ML3 6JW
Received 7 Feb 201413 Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6AD
Received 27 Dec 201318 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6EU
Received 27 Dec 201313 Chantinghall Terrace Hamilton ML3 8NS
Received 10 Jun 2014Orbital House 3 Redwood Crescent East Kilbride Glasgow G74 5PR
Received 9 Jun 20144 Manor Way Rutherglen Glasgow G73 4EP
Received 8 May 2014Dumfries Road - Site 1 Elvanfoot South Lanarkshire ML12 6TF
Received 28 May 2014The Hayshed Bamflatt Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 17 Apr 201436 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton ML3 7NB
Received 17 Apr 20141 Friarsfield Road Lanark
Received 11 Mar 2014140 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall ML9 2RL
Received 2 Dec 2013Westhaven Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen
Received 27 May 201419 Mossdale Gardens Hamilton ML3 8UY
Received 23 May 201454 Buchanan Drive Cambuslang G72 8BA
Received 22 May 2014Factors House Blackwood Estate Blackwood ML11 0JG
Received 20 May 20143 Iona Path Blantyre Glasgow G72 9RW
Received 2 Oct 20140-1 59 Mill Street Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2LB
Received 12 Sept 2014Gainerhill Farm Muirkirk Road Strathaven ML10 6RE
Received 12 Sept 201443 Greenhill Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2SQ
Received 11 Sept 2014The Bothy Blackwood Estate Blackwood ML11 0JG
Received 5 Sept 201424 New Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3LT
Received 3 Sept 201410 Laurel Wynd Cambuslang Glasgow G72 7BH
Received 3 Sept 201451 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 29 Aug 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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