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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 London Street Larkhall
Received 18 Jun 20082 Neidpath Place Strathaven
Received 17 Jun 2008Unit 3 Cairn Court Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 17 Jun 2008Nerston East Kilbride
Received 17 Jun 2008Over Abington Farm Abington ML12 6SF
Received 17 Jun 20083 Heather Road Nemphlar ML11 9JG
Received 17 Jun 2008Site To Rear Of 148 Main Street Carnwath
Received 17 Jun 20081 Ramsay Gardens Blackwood
Received 18 Apr 20082 Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther ML11 8NW
Received 18 Apr 2008Moorlands Manse Road Symington
Received 18 Apr 20082 Anstruther Court Law
Received 18 Apr 2008Lanark Road Hazelbank ML8 8NQ
Received 18 Apr 2008Hamilton Park Racecourse Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 16 Apr 200829 Stirling Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 Apr 200817 Larchfield Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 Apr 200840 Rockhampton Avenue Westwood East Kilbride
Received 14 Apr 200842 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 18 Mar 20085 Scalloway Road Cambuslang
Received 6 Mar 200814 Honeycomb Place Netherburn
Received 11 Feb 2008Couplaw Farm Stonehouse
Received 29 Jan 200819 Redwood Close Hamilton
Received 29 Jan 2008Wester Overton Primary School Ashkirk Road Strathaven
Received 18 Dec 2007Langlea Road Cambuslang
Received 28 Mar 2008135 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 7 Apr 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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