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
30,235 approved · 1,253 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Land In Front Of Telephone Exchange Ramsay Road Leadhills Biggar ML12 6YA
Received 23 Jun 20167 Viscount Gate Bothwell G71 8SR
Received 14 Jun 20162 Egmont Park Newlandsmuir East Kilbride G75 8PT
Received 14 Jun 201621 Turnlaw East Kilbride G75 0RQ
Received 14 Jun 2016102 Dunedin Drive East Kilbride G75 8QH
Received 13 May 201643 Castlemains Crescent Uddingston G71 7ND
Received 18 Apr 201614 Beckford Street Hamilton ML3 0BT
Received 22 Jan 201636 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen G73 3HS
Received 6 Jan 20162 Holm Street Carluke ML8 5BS
Received 20 Nov 20156 Devon Gardens Carluke ML8 5DE
Received 8 Aug 201623 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston G71 7BU
Received 4 Aug 2016Silverwells House 1 Old Mill Road Bothwell G71 8AY
Received 29 Jul 201614 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell G71 8RW
Received 19 Jul 201613 Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton ML3 7TY
Received 4 Jul 2016Westfield Farm Glasgow Road Strathaven ML10 6ST
Received 4 Jul 201634 Old Mill Road Uddingston
Received 29 Jun 2016100 Lockhart Street Stonehouse ML9 3LZ
Received 29 Jun 201611 Hamilton Drive Bothwell G71 8RR
Received 14 Jun 201615 Smithycroft Hamilton ML3 7UL
Received 11 Mar 2016The John Fairweather 52-58 Main Street Cambuslang G72 7EP
Received 11 Mar 2016Overburns Farm Lamington ML12 6HP
Received 16 Apr 201512 Fairways Larkhall ML9 2JW
Received 26 Mar 201512 Westercrofts Biggar ML12 6DX
Received 17 Mar 2015Kype Muir Windfarm South Of Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 22 Dec 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage