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
30,336 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Auchengray Primary School Auchengray Carnwath ML11 8LN
Received 12 Mar 2014222 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen G73 3SA
Received 19 Feb 2014129-131 Low Waters Road Hamilton ML3 7QG
Received 18 Feb 2014Purdie Street Hamilton
Received 18 Feb 2014137 Lower Millgate Uddingston G71 7AH
Received 13 Feb 2014Shopmobility Centre West Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LL
Received 13 Feb 2014194 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AA
Received 13 Feb 201419 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 11 Feb 20141 - 3 Applegate Drive Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9BF
Received 7 Feb 201457 Aberfeldy Avenue Blantyre G72 0TB
Received 6 Feb 201422 Hay Crescent Cambuslang G72 6QA
Received 5 Feb 20142 Markethill Road East Kilbride G74 4AA
Received 3 Feb 20142 No Plots Westyett Farm Cleghorn Lanark
Received 3 Feb 2014110 Lampits Road Carstairs ML11 8RP
Received 31 Jan 20142 Queensway Motor Park Millbrook East Kilbride G74 5NL
Received 30 Jan 2014Lamington Mains Lamington ML12 6HW
Received 28 Jan 201419 Dunsyre Road Newbigging Lanark ML11 8NA
Received 30 Jun 201468 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre G72 9NB
Received 30 Jun 201445 Station Road Blantyre G72 9AE
Received 30 Jun 201428 Dale Lane East Kilbride G75 9DL
Received 30 Jun 20145 Pollock Avenue Hamilton ML3 9SL
Received 16 May 2014Biggarshiels Farm Biggarshiels Road Biggar ML12 6RE
Received 15 May 201426 Elie Road Blantyre G72 0GX
Received 15 May 201437 Union Street Larkhall ML9 1DZ
Received 15 May 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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