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
30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Newark House Strathaven
Received 11 Jun 20081 Dunavon Crescent Strathaven
Received 10 Jun 2008Apollo Bar 351 Main Street High Blantyre
Received 10 Jun 200839 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 6 Jun 200821/27 Fraser Crescent Hamilton
Received 4 Jun 2008Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd Unit B, Palace Grounds Retail Park Palace Grounds Road Hamilton
Received 4 Jun 20081 Barons Gate Bothwell
Received 4 Jun 20083 Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Sept 2008181 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen
Received 23 Sept 20086 Tanzieknowe Avenue Cambuslang
Received 23 Sept 200817 Priory Drive Uddingston
Received 23 Sept 200835 Magnolia Drive Cambuslang
Received 23 Sept 200819 Carmuir Forth
Received 10 Sept 2008Plot At Corner Of Station Road Netherburn
Received 25 Jul 200862 Clarkwell Road Hamilton
Received 25 Jul 200824A Lockhart Street Stonehouse
Received 25 Jul 200818 Fairfield Place Bothwell
Received 25 Jul 2008Castlebank 18 Fairfield Place Bothwell
Received 25 Jul 2008Redwood Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 Jul 200811 Strathmore Grove Hairmyres East Kilbride G75 8GF
Received 15 Jul 200876 Netherton Road East Kilbride G75 9LA
Received 15 Jul 200811 Moffat Place East Kilbride G75 8RX
Received 15 Jul 2008Unit E Watt Place Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 27 Jun 200814 Galloway Avenue Hamilton
Received 27 Jun 2008Records 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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