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30,246 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Hamilton Academical Football Club New Douglas Park Hamilton
Received 5 Oct 200984 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton ML3 7PJ
Received 1 Jul 2010117 Kylepark Drive Uddingston G71 7DE
Received 1 Jul 2010Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell G71 8BB
Received 1 Jul 201022 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 23 Sept 2010Valley International Park Crossford ML8 5NJ
Received 4 Jun 2008Hamilton Drive Bothwell
Received 12 Apr 20109 Brightside Avenue Uddingston G71 7NF
Received 9 Apr 20106 Beechwood Drive Stonehouse
Received 9 Apr 2010170 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall ML9 2TG
Received 9 Apr 201013, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 And 25 Kirkwood Street Rutherglen
Received 30 Mar 201020 Auchingramont Road Hamilton ML3 6JT
Received 8 Jan 2010Plot 3 Stanley Boulevard Blantyre
Received 9 Dec 2009St Nicholas Parish Church High Street/Broomgate Lanark, ML11 9EA
Received 26 Nov 2009Marinis Fish And Chicken Bar 47 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 20 Nov 2009259 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 16 Nov 2009Lyne Cottage Coulter ML12 6JS
Received 13 Sept 2010Land To Rear To 5/7/9 Castledyke View Carstairs Village ML11 8ST
Received 13 Sept 20109 Wintergreen Court East Kilbride G74 4UR
Received 10 Sept 2010Land To Rear Of The Glade And Adjoining Montgomery Place Larkhall ML9 2EZ
Received 9 Sept 2010127 Calderwood Road Rutherglen G73 3PH
Received 3 Sept 20102 Richmond Drive Cambuslang G72 8BH
Received 3 Sept 2010Fishescoates East Kilbride Road Burnside
Received 3 Sept 201010 Coleridge Avenue Bothwell G71 8TH
Received 18 Jun 2010Records 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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