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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
56 Polden Avenue East Kilbride
Received 22 Jul 200855 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen
Received 7 Jul 200823 Cedar Court Cambuslang
Received 7 Jul 200846 Snaefell Avenue Rutherglen
Received 30 Jun 200812 Crawfurd Gardens Rutherglen
Received 30 Jun 200836 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang
Received 26 Jun 200831 Central Avenue Cambuslang
Received 26 Jun 200828/30 Kilmorie Drive Rutherglen
Received 26 Jun 2008Former Birkwood Hospital Site Lesmahagow ML11 0JS
Received 3 Oct 20084 Waterlands Place Law
Received 3 Oct 200841 Sandy Road Carluke ML8 5DR
Received 12 Sept 200832 Biggar Road Symington Biggar ML12 6FT
Received 9 Sept 200827 Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 4 Jul 200885 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 23 Mar 20097 Daly Gardens Blantyre
Received 19 Mar 200962 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 19 Mar 2009Cloverhill Farm A726 Strathaven To Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6ST
Received 18 Mar 200940 Glen Arroch East Kilbride G74 2BP
Received 18 Mar 20099 Loch Torridon East Kilbride
Received 18 Mar 2009Woodyett Farmhouse Woodyett Farm Kirkfieldbank
Received 3 Mar 200914 Ballantrae East Kilbride
Received 30 Oct 200811 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 21 Oct 20082 Cathcart Place Rutherglen
Received 21 Oct 20089 Stonehouse Road Sandford Near Strathaven
Received 22 Jul 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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