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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Ledvinka Crescent Burnbank Hamilton
Received 6 Jun 20084 Turnberry Wynd Bothwell
Received 6 Jun 200817 Clove Mill Wynd Larkhall
Received 5 Jun 200872 London Street Larkhall
Received 5 Jun 200824 Rosefield Gardens Uddingston
Received 5 Jun 2008Land Adjacent To Ross Cottage Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 23 May 20081 St Ninians Place Stonehouse
Received 23 May 2008North Crookedstone Farm Steadings Limekilnburn Road Quarter Hamilton
Received 23 May 2008Princes Lodge Highlees Farm Larkhall
Received 18 Apr 20081 Fairholm Avenue Ferniegair
Received 20 Feb 2008The Royal Bank Of Scotland 20 Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 20 Feb 2008145 Main Street Uddingston
Received 20 Feb 20089 Fergus Gardens Hamilton
Received 20 Feb 2008Land At Hagshaw Hill Near Douglas ML11 0RR
Received 5 Feb 200882 Main Street Symington ML12 6LT
Received 6 May 2008Flat 2 13A High Street (Shirley's Close) Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 6 May 200831 Braidwood Road Braidwood
Received 2 May 2008North Deanhead Farm Dunsyre ML11 8NG
Received 2 May 2008Greystone Avenue Rutherglen
Received 2 May 2008Bowmuir Libberton ML11 8LX
Received 1 May 2008145 Vancouver Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 Jan 2008Scorrieholm Farm Cottage Waterside Nr Lesmahagow
Received 21 Dec 2007Dillarburn Road Lesmahgow
Received 21 Dec 200714/16 Muir Street Hamilton
Received 18 Jun 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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