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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Shiel Place East Mains East Kilbride
Received 20 Dec 2007The Stane Broughton Road Biggar ML12 6HA
Received 8 Jan 2008Unit 1 5 Kingsgate Shopping Park Glasgow Road G74 4UN
Received 4 Apr 2008Blacklaw Primary School Glen Arroch St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2BP
Received 4 Apr 200851 Union Street Hamilton
Received 31 Mar 2008Site At Bellshill Road Bothwell
Received 31 Mar 200863 Cherrytree Crescent Larkhall
Received 12 Mar 200822 Burnhead Road Larkhall
Received 12 Mar 200845 Hunthill Road Blantyre
Received 12 Mar 20085 Whistleberry Road Blantyre
Received 12 Mar 200832/34 King Street Stonehouse
Received 3 Mar 200811 Larch Grove Hamilton
Received 3 Mar 200819 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 3 Mar 20086 Nursery Drive Ashgill
Received 3 Mar 20083 Carlisle Road Larkhall
Received 3 Mar 200820 Whinknowe Ashgill
Received 3 Mar 200892 Walnut Gate Cambuslang
Received 14 Feb 200853 Forrest Gate Hamilton
Received 4 Apr 2008352 - 358 Auldhouse Road Auldhouse
Received 26 Mar 2008130 Blenheim Avenue East Kilbride
Received 26 Mar 20082 Chestnut Walk Strathaven
Received 25 Mar 2008260 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 12 Mar 20085 Wellknowe Avenue Thorntonhall
Received 5 Feb 2008Plot 3 Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 Oqe
Received 5 Feb 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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