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
30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Glentarbert Road Rutherglen G73 5LW
Received 25 Apr 2016Coalburn Inn 1 Coalburn Road Coalburn Lanark ML11 0LH
Received 5 Apr 201634 Rosslyn Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4BP
Received 23 Mar 20168 Glebe Wynd Bothwell G71 8QT
Received 15 Mar 201670 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7QW
Received 15 Mar 20164 Cleland Place East Kilbride G74 3EL
Received 1 Nov 2017Unit 2 1 Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre G72 0HT
Received 21 Sept 201776A Blairbeth Road Burnside Rutherglen G73 4JA
Received 19 Sept 201736 Wellhall Road Hamilton ML3 9BL
Received 20 Jun 201723 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang G72 7AF
Received 12 Jun 20178 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GB
Received 1 Sept 20154 Curries Close Douglas Lanark ML11 0QN
Received 24 Aug 201527 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BA
Received 5 Jun 201510 Windward Road East Kilbride G75 8NS
Received 5 Jun 201514 Strathconon Gardens East Kilbride G75 8FN
Received 15 May 201515 Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5PD
Received 15 Apr 201569 Glen Ogilvie St Leonards East Kilbride G74 3SY
Received 10 Mar 20152 Townhead Street Strathaven ML10 6AB
Received 10 Mar 201547 Miller Street Larkhall ML9 2HL
Received 2 Mar 20156 Burnbrae Drive Rutherglen G73 5DS
Received 12 Feb 201530 Galston Court Hamilton ML3 7YH
Received 21 Jan 20155 Bridgend Road Abington Biggar ML12 6RR
Received 15 Jan 2015Easdale Broadfield Road Symington Biggar ML12 6JZ
Received 8 Jan 2015Land Off Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Oct 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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