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
30,346 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
183A High Street Biggar ML12 6DJ
Received 2 Apr 201422 Campsie View Cambuslang G72
Received 1 Apr 20149 Sheild Hill East Kilbride G75 0PA
Received 2 Apr 2014Kirk Street Stonehouse ML9 3 LR
Received 1 Apr 20145 Park Drive Thorntonhall East Kilbride G74 5AS
Received 13 Feb 20141 Elm Way Larkhall ML9 2BD
Received 15 May 201452 Samson Crescent Carluke ML8 4RP
Received 14 May 201444 Castlehill Crescent Law ML8 5LY
Received 14 May 201425 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang G72 8RD
Received 13 May 2014Land Adjacent To Sidehead Farm Strathaven ML10 6PB
Received 11 Apr 201458 John Street Larkhall ML9 2ET
Received 19 Mar 20149 Hamilton Drive Bothwell G71 8RR
Received 19 Mar 201424 Dunvegan Place Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4DH
Received 19 Mar 2014Eastmore Nemphlar ML11 9JF
Received 7 Mar 201497 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PH
Received 14 Feb 201457 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 14 Feb 2014Units 4A & 4B Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride
Received 1 Apr 2015154 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EL
Received 25 Mar 201571A-71B Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0DW
Received 25 Mar 2015Bankhead Boarding Kennels And Cattery Bank Cottage Biggar Road Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LU
Received 13 Mar 201544 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre G72 9RP
Received 27 Jan 2015Corner Of Hillhouse Road/Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 27 Jan 201513 Moffat Place East Kilbride G75 8RX
Received 26 Jan 2015Strathaven Golf Club Overton Avenue Strathaven ML10 6NL
Received 23 Jan 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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