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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Winnipeg Drive East Kilbride
Received 3 Mar 2009Junction Of Green Road And Victoria Street Rutherglen
Received 19 Feb 200928 Wardlaw Avenue Rutherglen
Received 19 Feb 200945 Ambleside Rise Hamilton ML3 7HJ
Received 22 Jan 2009Cornhill Farm Biggar ML12 6QE
Received 3 Sept 2008Cornhill Farm Biggar ML12 6QE
Received 3 Sept 2008Whitelees Road Lanark
Received 3 Sept 2008Corsewell Cottage Howgate Road Roberton
Received 3 Sept 200885 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 26 Aug 200845 Townhill Road Hamilton
Received 26 Aug 2008Marks & Spencer Plc 47/49 Regent Way Hamilton
Received 26 Aug 200830 Royal Gardens Bothwell
Received 26 Aug 200816 Kennoway Crescent Ferniegair
Received 26 Aug 2008Greathill Farm Cottage Newton Highway Strathaven
Received 1 Jul 20088 Ladysmith Drive East Kilbride G75 9PF
Received 1 Jul 200815 Polden Avenue East Kilbride G75 9GX
Received 1 Jul 200820 Crofthead Street Strathaven
Received 1 Jul 20084 Old Coach Road East Kilbride
Received 1 Jul 200851 Glen Shee Gardens Carluke ML8 4RR
Received 30 Oct 200856 Belstane Road Carluke ML8 4BG
Received 21 Oct 2008D'Nisi 66 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 1 Jul 200851 Alford Avenue Blantyre
Received 1 Jul 2008Low Parks Museum 129 Muir Street Hamilton
Received 11 Sept 200820 Langlea Drive Cambuslang
Received 10 Sept 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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