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
30,351 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
65A West Coats Road Cambuslang G72 8AE
Received 10 Jan 2014210 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HP
Received 10 Jan 2014210 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HP
Received 10 Jan 201421 - 23 Hawbank Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5EG
Received 10 Jan 201426 Dunlop Street Strathaven ML10 6LA
Received 10 Jan 201445 Colinhill Road Strathaven ML10 6AF
Received 6 Jan 2014Newkayes Nursery Newkayes Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UN
Received 6 Dec 20132 Kings Inn Terrace Auchengray ML11 8EL
Received 10 Dec 201320 Kirk Street Carluke ML8 5BW
Received 6 May 20148 Kirkmaiden Way Blantyre G72 0JN
Received 30 May 201498 Townhead Street Hamilton ML3 7BY
Received 30 May 2014Land Adjacent To Nellfield Gardens Braidwood Carluke
Received 30 May 201437 Burnside View East Kilbride Glasgow G75 9FZ
Received 30 May 201418 High Street Lanark ML11 7EX
Received 30 May 201427 Lochinver Crescent Blantyre Glasgow G72 0GT
Received 30 May 2014Walkerdyke Farm Whiteshawgate Highway Strathaven ML10 6SY
Received 30 May 2014Area H33 Off Lindsayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 29 May 2014Land At Bonnanhill High Kype Road Strathaven
Received 15 May 201474 Drygate Street Larkhall ML9 2DA
Received 9 May 2014Hyndford House Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 20 Dec 201320 - 22 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 16 Dec 201338 Park Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8HZ
Received 2 Dec 2013Cragstane Farm Strathaven ML10 8BS
Received 16 Dec 201319 Kingsburn Drive Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2AN
Received 16 Dec 2013Records 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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