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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stonehouse 45 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 2 Jun 200879 Chalmers Crescent The Murray East Kilbride
Received 15 May 200812 Holm Street Strathaven
Received 15 May 2008Unit 19, Princes Square East Kilbride
Received 15 May 200821 Orchard View Drive Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JY
Received 27 Mar 2008103 Lanark Road Carstairs Village ML11 8QQ
Received 27 Mar 2008Stanley Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 1 May 20082 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston
Received 1 May 200816 Albert Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 May 200845 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 1 May 2008Land At Gunsgreen Middlemuir Road Coalburn ML11 0NN
Received 1 May 200816 Glenburn Avenue Symington ML12 6LS
Received 1 May 2008Mid Drumloch Farm Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 20085 Udston Avenue Stonehouse
Received 16 Apr 200877 Stonefield Road Blantyre
Received 16 Apr 20084 Elliot Place Netherburn
Received 12 Feb 200821 Lightburn Road Cambuslang G72 8UA
Received 28 Jan 2008East Linbank Farm Steading Strathaven ML10 6RD
Received 14 Jan 20089 Larch Grove Hamilton
Received 20 Dec 2007109 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang
Received 9 Apr 20081 Tanzieknowe Place Cambuslang
Received 1 Apr 20081 Laurel Court Cambuslang
Received 4 Jun 2008New Greentowers Farm Moor Road Cartland, ML11 7RD
Received 3 Jun 20085 Park Drive Thorntonhall G74 5AS
Received 2 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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