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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
93 Mount Cameron Drive North East Kilbride G74 2ER
Received 22 Jul 2008East Kilbride Police Office Andrew Street East Kilbride
Received 22 Jul 200811 Union Street Stonehouse
Received 9 Sept 200837 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 9 Sept 2008Plot Of Land At Cormiston, North Of Cormiston Towers Farm Biggar
Received 2 Sept 2008Carlisle Road The Lairs Blackwood
Received 4 Jul 200819 Weavers Court Glassford
Received 26 Jun 20082 North Avenue Cambuslang
Received 11 Mar 20097 Hunters Crescent East Kilbride
Received 10 Mar 200929 Calgary Park East Kilbride
Received 10 Mar 200923 Biggar Road Carnwath ML11 8HJ
Received 9 Mar 20091 Wardlaw Avenue Rutherglen
Received 17 Jul 2008Land At Clydesmill Industrial Estate Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang
Received 10 Jul 200825 Busheyhill Street Cambuslang
Received 24 Mar 200937 Nursery Drive Ashgill
Received 24 Mar 2009Park & Ride McNeil Gate Larkhall
Received 24 Mar 2009Auchenheath House Auchenheath ML11 9UX
Received 19 Mar 2009New Greentowers Farm Moor Road Cartland ML11 7RD
Received 19 Mar 20099 Langshaw Crescent Carluke ML8 5DN
Received 19 Mar 2009Station Road/Dumfries Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TF
Received 18 Mar 200910 Stephen Avenue Biggar ML12 6AS
Received 18 Mar 2009Scots Mining Company House Leadhills ML12 6XP
Received 18 Mar 2009Rowanbank Howgate Road Roberton ML12 6RS
Received 18 Mar 20097 Farndale East Kilbride
Received 31 Mar 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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