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
30,334 approved · 1,251 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside 159 King Street Rutherglen G73 1BZ
Received 19 Feb 2016Townhead Of Priestgill Strathaven ML10 6PS
Received 14 Jan 20162 Holm Street Carluke ML8 5BS
Received 20 Nov 2015Loganlea Earnock Gardens Hamilton ML3 8RQ
Received 20 Nov 2015141 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3ST
Received 28 Aug 2015North Hill Of Dripps Farm Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AD
Received 30 Jan 2018Clanalba House Lamington Biggar ML12 6HP
Received 25 Jan 2018Land 80M Wsw Of Bankend Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang Glasgow South Lanarkshire
Received 10 Jan 201818 Juniper Drive Hamilton ML3 8ST
Received 12 Jan 201887 Bellshill Road Uddingston Glasgow G71 7NT
Received 8 May 2015Peel Park Eaglesham Road East Kilbride Glasgow G75 8LW
Received 8 May 201515 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen G73 3QT
Received 25 Mar 2015139 Main Street Forth ML11 8AB
Received 24 Mar 2015David Livingston Centre Station Road Blantyre
Received 11 Nov 201431 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 7 May 20142 Wilson Place East Kilbride G74 4QD
Received 7 May 2014118 Station Road Blantyre G72 9AD
Received 7 May 2014Telephone Exchange Friars Lane Lanark ML11 9EL
Received 6 May 20141 Fernhill Grange Bothwell G71 8SH
Received 28 Mar 2014Birkwood Castle (Formerly Birkwood Hospital) New Trows Road Lesmahagow
Received 28 Mar 2014Cross Keys Queen Street Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3EE
Received 27 Mar 201452 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 15 Jan 2014Vacant Store 10 Glen Street Cambuslang G72 8UR
Received 9 Jan 201429 Rannoch Avenue Hamilton
Received 6 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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