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
30,348 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Addison Drive Douglas Lanark ML11 0PZ
Received 23 Jun 2014James McGowan Engineering Ltd Lightburn Road Cambuslang G72 8UA
Received 23 Jun 2014Dalpatrick Farm Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke ML8 5QA
Received 20 Jun 201440 Redwood Crescent Hallside Cambuslang G72 7FZ
Received 20 Jun 201422 Lomond View Hamilton ML3 9UZ
Received 20 Jun 2014Carlisle Road Hamilton ML3 7TU
Received 20 Jun 201415 Ailsa Court Hamilton ML3 8XJ
Received 13 Jun 201417 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JB
Received 22 May 201448 Maple Drive Larkhall ML9 2AR
Received 16 Jun 201438 Langlands Road Auldhouse G75 9DW
Received 16 Jun 2014Plot 5 Westoun Steadings Coalburn ML11 0FW
Received 13 Jun 20147 Moorland Drive East Kilbride G74 3ZE
Received 12 Jun 2014Plot 6 Bell Grove Off Waterlands Road Law
Received 19 May 2014432 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen G73 2AT
Received 19 May 201429 Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7PE
Received 19 May 20145 St Patricks Court Lanark ML11 9ES
Received 27 May 20148 Mull Court Hamilton ML3 8BD
Received 20 May 201455 Bardykes Road Blantyre G72 9UH
Received 19 May 201413 And 14 Clamps Wood East Kilbride G74 2LN
Received 16 May 201449 Lyttleton East Kilbride G75 9BP
Received 3 Mar 201447 Castle Gate Bothwell G71 7HU
Received 28 Feb 20142 Station Road Carluke ML8 5AA
Received 28 Feb 20145 Fernside Walk Hamilton ML3 7PT
Received 10 Jan 2014East Browncastle Bungalow Strathaven ML10 6QW
Received 9 Jan 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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