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
30,266 approved · 1,252 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen Glasgow G73 1NY
Received 12 May 2015Unit B 21 Gateside Street Hamilton ML3 7HT
Received 11 May 201526 Main Street Uddingston G71 7LS
Received 27 Apr 2015Kirkconnel Drive Croftfoot Rutherglen
Received 9 Apr 201526 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 27 Feb 2015Land At Brackenhill Farm Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 29 Jan 20184 North Avenue Cambuslang G72 8AS
Received 23 Jan 201821 Bothwell Road Uddingston G71 7EZ
Received 16 Jan 20188 High Street Biggar ML12 6BN
Received 22 Dec 2017St Kentigerns Church Hyndford Road Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Dec 20174 Lansdowne Gardens Hamilton ML3 7DH
Received 23 Nov 201767 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6BA
Received 20 Oct 2017Crossbasket Main Lodge Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre G72 9UE
Received 4 Oct 201759 Melbourne Avenue East Kilbride G75 8DU
Received 2 Oct 2017Moat Park 9 Kirkstyle Biggar ML12 6DT
Received 29 Sept 201715 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang G72 7UR
Received 29 Sept 2017Lands At East Overton Farm Hamilton Road Strathaven ML10 6SZ
Received 1 Sept 2017Plot 5 Cathkin Gate High Burnside Rutherglen G73 5RW
Received 24 Jul 2017Phase 2 Site 2B Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 24 Jul 201715 Caithness Road East Kilbride G74 3NT
Received 12 Apr 20176 6 Newhousemill Road East Kilbride G74 2LE
Received 6 Apr 201712 Urwin Lane East Kilbride G75 8GZ
Received 3 Apr 20176 Buchan Green East Kilbride G74 3BJ
Received 29 Mar 201733 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen G73 4JF
Received 29 Mar 2017Records 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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