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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
81 Glen Moriston St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 8 Jan 20081 Abercorn Drive Hamilton
Received 19 Mar 2008South Draffan Farm Blackwood
Received 18 Mar 2008Southfield Farm Blackwood
Received 17 Mar 2008Heatheryhall Cottage Meadowflatts Road Thankerton, ML12 6NF
Received 18 Mar 2008Auchenheath House Auchenheath ML11 9UX
Received 18 Mar 200839 Princes Mall East Kilbride Shopping Centre East Kilbride G74 1LB
Received 17 Mar 200831 Shawton Road Chapelton Strathaven ML10 6RY
Received 17 Mar 200812 Crofthill Court Stonehouse
Received 17 Mar 2008Burnbrae Farm East Avenue Blantyre
Received 17 Mar 200818 Swinburne Avenue Blantyre
Received 17 Jan 20085 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 23 Apr 20089 Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 23 Apr 20085 Mavor Avenue East Kilbride G74 4QY
Received 23 Apr 2008South Allerton Farm Jackton G75 8RR
Received 23 Apr 200817 Station Road Biggar ML12 6BS
Received 21 Apr 20081 Snaefell Crescent Rutherglen
Received 9 Apr 20087 Kent Drive Rutherglen
Received 8 Apr 2008Somerfield Stores Mill Road Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 200824 Abercorn Drive Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 20086 Whistleberry Park Whistleberry Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 2008Argos Extra Palace Grounds Road Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 200820 Toftcombs Crescent Stonehouse
Received 3 Apr 2008Middleton Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 2 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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