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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Millburn Avenue Rutherglen
Received 24 Mar 200950 Waterside Street Strathaven
Received 24 Mar 2009Hall St Bryde Street East Kilbride
Received 24 Mar 2009Cambuslang Road Nr Farmeloan Cross At Former Bowling Green Rutherglen
Received 23 Mar 200958 Lightburn Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Mar 200912 Glenburn Avenue Symington ML12 6LH
Received 19 Aug 2008Garden Of 21 Earn Drive Blackwood ML11 9SS
Received 19 Aug 200839 Lochinver Crescent Blantyre
Received 17 Mar 200923 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell
Received 17 Mar 2009Lawmuir Road Law ML8 5JB
Received 16 Mar 200910 Coldstream Drive Strathaven
Received 17 Mar 200922 Nithsdale East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 200912 Carlyle Terrace Rutherglen
Received 16 Mar 200928 Abbey Walk Larkhall
Received 13 Mar 20096 Bartie Gardens Ashgill
Received 13 Mar 2009North Crookedstone Farm Limekilnburn Road Quarter
Received 6 Mar 20095 May Street Hamilton
Received 6 Mar 20094 Campsie View Hamilton
Received 6 Mar 200912 Windsor Gardens Hamilton
Received 6 Mar 200931/33 Main Street Uddingston
Received 6 Mar 20091 Main Street Uddingston
Received 6 Mar 200915 Birchfield Place Strathaven
Received 25 Jun 20088 Ryeland Street Strathaven
Received 25 Jun 200812 Crosshill Road Strathaven
Received 25 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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