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
30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
118 Maple Terrace East Kilbride
Received 13 Mar 2009Plot 1 Orchard Manor (Just Off Carnwath Road) Carluke ML8 4QU
Received 12 Mar 2009Plot 12 Lindsayfield Phase 1 East Kilbride
Received 11 Mar 20092 Markethill Road East Kilbride
Received 11 Mar 20099 Annan Avenue East Kilbride
Received 11 Mar 2009Auchenheath House Auchenheath
Received 10 Mar 20094 Wildman Road Law ML8 5ET
Received 10 Mar 200911 Blackhill View Auchenheath ML11 9XG
Received 8 Jul 2008Southfield Stables Blackwood
Received 12 Nov 2008Stonelaw High School 140 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 3 Nov 200839 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 3 Nov 2008Teaths Farm Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 2 Oct 2008221 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 18 Sept 200814 New Street Stonehouse
Received 18 Sept 200825/27 Highstonehall Road Hamilton
Received 18 Sept 2008Former Council Offices 19 Douglas Street Hamilton
Received 18 Sept 20086 Kirkmaiden Way Blantyre
Received 18 Sept 2008Mairview Cobbinshaw EH55 8LN
Received 10 Feb 20099 Saltaire Avenue Uddingston
Received 6 Feb 20095 Inch Marnock East Kilbride G74 2JQ
Received 26 Jan 200988 Laurel Drive East Kilbride
Received 26 Jan 2009Floors Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 26 Jan 200949 Mill Road Thankerton
Received 1 Dec 200844 Baird Hill East Kilbride
Received 12 Nov 2008Records 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.
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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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