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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
46 Whiteshaw Drive Carluke ML8 5UL
Received 29 Oct 20082 Barbush Place Strathaven
Received 27 Oct 2008Land At West Mains Road East Kilbride G74 1NQ
Received 27 Oct 200879 Kirkwall Avenue Blantyre
Received 21 Oct 200819 Cairnryan East Kilbride
Received 3 Oct 2008East Drumloch Farm
Received 3 Oct 20085 Common Green Strathaven
Received 25 Sept 200811 Turnbull Way Strathaven
Received 25 Sept 200859 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 25 Sept 20087 Muirkirk Gardens Strathaven
Received 25 Sept 2008North Fieldhead Farm Strathaven ML10 6QP
Received 18 Jul 200839 Glen Garry East Kilbride G74 2BN
Received 18 Jul 200810 Bentinck Grange East Kilbride G74 5PL
Received 18 Jul 2008Avon Mill Cottage Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 1 Sept 2008Hannay Recycling 10 Linwood Avenue College Milton Indest East Kilbride G74 5NE
Received 23 Jul 2008Muirburn Muirburn Road Glassford Strathaven
Received 23 Jul 200878 Kirkton Place East Kilbride G74 4HR
Received 23 Jul 200835 Polden Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride G75 9GX
Received 23 Jul 2008Hareshawhill Farm Strathaven
Received 23 Jul 200858/60 King Street Stonehouse
Received 30 Jun 2008The Haining Manse Road Stonehouse
Received 30 Jun 200831 Bardykes Road Blantyre
Received 30 Jun 2008Unit 17 Middleton Avenue Larkhall
Received 30 Jun 2008180/182 Hamilton Road Rutherglen
Received 24 Mar 2009Records 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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