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30,299 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
South Netherburn Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn ML9 3DG
Received 16 Mar 201645 Portland Place Hamilton ML3 7JU
Received 9 Mar 201624 School Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6BF
Received 8 Mar 2016Kingsgate Shopping Park East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 14 Jan 2016Cormiston Farm Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 13 Jan 2016Plot 3 Holm Road Crossford
Received 30 Nov 20156 Blairtum Drive Rutherglen G73 3RY
Received 25 May 2016St Marys Church 70 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JS
Received 19 Apr 201611 Wellbuttslea Drive Kirkfieldbank ML11 9BF
Received 31 Mar 2016Bardyke Chemicals Hamilton Road Cambuslang G72 7XL
Received 31 Mar 2016Hallside Fabrication Blantyre Farm Road Blantyre G71 7RN
Received 1 Mar 2016Glentaggart East Land Lying South Of Townhead And Weston Woods Near Douglas
Received 16 Feb 2016The Old Hoover Factory Site Somervell Street Cambuslang
Received 6 Jan 20162 Lethame Court Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6WS
Received 6 Jan 201640 Bellshill Road Uddingston G71 7LZ
Received 29 Dec 2015Phase 3 Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 18 Dec 201514 Hunters Grove East Kilbride G74 3HZ
Received 31 Jan 2014Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 30 Jan 201415 Kincath Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RP
Received 30 Jan 201443 Hillend Road Rutherglen G73 4JT
Received 23 Dec 201328 Princes Square East Kilbride G74 1JL
Received 23 Dec 201365 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BY
Received 28 Mar 20141 Margaret Road Hamilton ML3 0LB
Received 4 Apr 201420 Avonbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 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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