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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Rannoch Wynd Rutherglen
Received 15 May 2008335 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 14 Apr 2008Stanmore Farm St Leonard Street Lanark, ML11 7DU
Received 11 Apr 200832 Hamilton Street Carluke ML8 4HA
Received 8 Sept 200820 Cairnryan East Kilbride
Received 7 Aug 20081A Main Street Uddingston
Received 10 Jul 200837 Allanshaw Street Hamilton
Received 10 Jul 200811 May Street Hamilton
Received 10 Jul 2008Southern Development Area Phase 2 East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 20082 Redwood Avenue East Kilbride G74 5PE
Received 14 Aug 200835 Yarrow Park East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 200811 Cypress Way Cambuslang
Received 5 Aug 2008Unit 2 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 5 Aug 200850/52 Woodfoot Road Hamilton
Received 27 Jun 20084 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang
Received 4 Nov 2008Whistleberry Road Whistleberry Industrial Estate Blantyre
Received 30 Jul 2008Hamilton Post Office 23/25 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 30 Jul 2008Fenick House Hamilton International Park Blantyre
Received 30 Jul 20085/6 Hamilton Towers 44/46 Castle Street Hamilton
Received 30 Jul 2008Rosebank Garden Centre Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke
Received 15 Jul 2008Percy Street/Wellgate Street Larkhall
Received 15 Jul 2008Co-Op Foodstore 23 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 11 Sept 20081 Earn Drive Blackwood ML11 9SS
Received 11 Sept 20088 Muirfield Meadows Bothwell
Received 12 Aug 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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