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
30,299 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Princes Mall East Kilbride Shopping Centre East Kilbride
Received 6 Jun 2014Lavrock Carnwath Lanark ML11 8LQ
Received 5 Jun 2014The Learigg Ashgillhead Road Ashgill Larkhall ML9 3AF
Received 5 Jun 201428 Balfron Crescent Hamilton ML3 9UJ
Received 5 Jun 2014Millbank House Douglas ML11 9PD
Received 12 Mar 2014Junction Of Greenhills Road And Lindsdayfield Road East Kilbride
Received 2 Jun 20146 Manus Duddy Court Blantyre G72 9DE
Received 28 Mar 201428 Hospitland Drive Lanark ML11 7EJ
Received 31 Mar 201426 Hillcrest Terrace Westend Carnwath ML11 8RY
Received 31 Mar 201423 Bentinck Grange East Kilbride G74 5PL
Received 31 Mar 2014Edinburgh Road Biggar
Received 28 Mar 20147 Castlemains Crescent Uddingston Glasgow G71 7ND
Received 27 Mar 2014Land At Crutherland Farm East Kilbride
Received 26 Mar 2014Whistleberry Road Blantyre
Received 26 Mar 2014Area Of Disused Railway Adjacent To B715 North North West Of Forth
Received 25 Mar 20146 Cartland Mains Steading Cartland Road Lanark ML11 7RF
Received 25 Mar 2014Swinhill Farm Swinhill Road Larkhall ML9 2TX
Received 25 Mar 2014Invergordon 5 Douglas Street Larkhall ML9 2AZ
Received 24 Mar 201425 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 24 Mar 2014Hazelside Farm Ayr Road Glespin ML11 0SD
Received 25 Mar 2014172 Dukes Road Rutherglen G73 5AF
Received 25 Mar 20145 St Bryde Street East Kilbride G74 4HQ
Received 21 Mar 201441 Whistleberry Wynd Hamilton ML3
Received 28 Mar 2014Asda Palace Grounds Road Hamilton
Received 28 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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