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
30,338 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70 Aitken Road Hamilton ML3 7YA
Received 10 Jul 2014Bellshill Road Uddingston
Received 8 Jul 20141 Redwood Close Hamilton ML3 8SY
Received 9 Jul 201457 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen G73 1AA
Received 7 Jul 20145 Inch Marnock East Kilbride G74 2JQ
Received 8 Jul 2014Fernhill Road Rutherglen G73 4DB
Received 7 Jul 20141 Braefoot Crescent Law ML8 5SH
Received 7 Jul 201445 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 4 Jul 201445 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 4 Jul 2014107 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5BY
Received 4 Jul 201414 Bothwell Road Hamilton ML3 0AY
Received 4 Jul 201412 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall ML9 2AP
Received 19 May 201416 West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1PJ
Received 21 Mar 201416 West Mains Road East Kilbride Glasgow G74 1PJ
Received 21 Mar 2014Derelict House Adjacent To Bowling Club Monteith Park Station Road Carstairs Junction
Received 24 Mar 201459 Kelvin Drive The Murray East Kilbride G75
Received 20 Mar 201418 Severn Road East Kilbride G75 8QZ
Received 20 Mar 20141 The Boardwalk East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0YW
Received 20 Mar 2014S/O Queen Street Auto Centre 13 Queen Street Stonehouse ML9 3EE
Received 19 Mar 201444 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8JZ
Received 18 Mar 2014Wilkie Road Uddingston
Received 17 Mar 2014South Cathkin Farm Cathkin Road Rutherglen G73 5RG
Received 17 Mar 20147 Daer Way Hamilton ML3 9JT
Received 17 Mar 201443 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 14 Mar 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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