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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bankhead Farm Braxfield Road Lanark ML11 9BU
Received 21 Feb 2008Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark
Received 21 Feb 200833 Overton Road Strathaven
Received 12 Feb 200843 Lavender Drive East Kilbride
Received 29 Apr 20084 Crosskirk Crescent Strathaven
Received 14 May 200821 Muirhead Stonehouse
Received 13 May 200811 Harlequin Court Hamilton
Received 13 May 2008WD9 Croftbank Crescent Uddingston
Received 13 May 2008138 Pentland Crescent Larkhall
Received 13 May 200820 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 12 May 200812 Burnside Place Coalburn ML11 0LW
Received 4 Apr 2008206 Brownside Road Rutherglen
Received 18 Feb 2008Unit 6 Boundary Road Rutherglen
Received 18 Feb 20085 Larkspur Drive Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 5BA
Received 16 Apr 200818 Tweed Street Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 16 Apr 20084 Odense Court East Kilbride
Received 3 Mar 2008'The Barn' Watston Farm Stonehouse
Received 11 Mar 20085 Saddlers Gate Strathaven ML10 6US
Received 25 Feb 2008Calderside Farm Calderside Road Blantyre G72 0TN
Received 8 Feb 20084 Fenwick Drive Hamilton
Received 31 Jan 200837 Redwood Crescent Hamilton
Received 22 Jan 200849 Meikle Crescent Avon Grove Hamilton
Received 22 Jan 200839 Main Street Uddingston
Received 22 Jan 200820 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre
Received 22 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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