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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
9 Montgomery Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 28 Mar 20089 Montgomery Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 28 Mar 200815 Coronation Crescent Larkhall
Received 10 Mar 200858 Avon Road Larkhall
Received 10 Mar 2008Wester Kittochside Kittochside Road East Kilbride
Received 5 Mar 2008Plot 1 Peel Park Campus East Kilbride
Received 5 Mar 200830 Kirkland Park Avenue Strathaven ML10 6DZ
Received 5 Mar 2008Hillend Farm Crossford
Received 24 Jun 200837 Land To Rear Of 57/59 Carlisle Road Blackwood
Received 24 Jun 20087 McMillan Way Law ML8 5NT
Received 24 Jun 20084 Manse Court Law ML8 5EE
Received 24 Jun 200818 Balvaird Drive Rutherglen
Received 24 Jun 200828 Parry Terrace East Kilbride
Received 24 Jun 200854 Craig Hill East Kilbride
Received 24 Jun 200812 Scalloway Road Lomond View Cambuslang
Received 23 Jun 200810 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang
Received 23 Jun 200812 Leafield Road Biggar
Received 23 Jun 200841 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 6 Jun 2008Calder Mill Darvel Road Caldermill Strathaven ML10 6QD
Received 23 Jun 2008Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 17 Jun 2008Dalquhandy Opencast Coal Site Coalburn
Received 28 Mar 200849 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 11 Feb 200847 Braehead Road Thorntonhall G74 5AQ
Received 11 Feb 2008Land Adjacent To Pettinain Road Carstairs Junction Lanark ML11 8RL
Received 28 Jan 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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