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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre
Received 22 Jan 200833 Eriskay Avenue Hamilton
Received 22 Jan 2008South Cathkin Farm Cathkin Road Rutherglen G73 5RG
Received 18 Jan 200825 Dunnottar Crescent East Kilbride
Received 18 Jan 200825 Duart Drive East Kilbride
Received 18 Jan 200832 Dunlin East Kilbride
Received 21 Jan 2008Redwood Court Peel Park Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 5PF
Received 21 Jan 2008'Annabelle' 65 Union Street Larkhall
Received 17 Jan 20083 Park Avenue Carluke, ML8 5DJ
Received 27 Mar 20081 Strathdon Place East Kilbride
Received 18 Mar 2008Plot 3 South Lanarkshire College Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QE
Received 18 Mar 2008Cairnswell Avenue/Hamilton Crescent Cambuslang
Received 3 Mar 200813 Allan Avenue Carluke
Received 27 Dec 20071-5 Broomgate Lanark
Received 27 Dec 20071-5 Broomgate Lanark
Received 27 Dec 200776 High Street Carluke ML8 4AJ
Received 16 Jun 2008Land To The Rear Of 98 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3DY
Received 16 Jun 200821 Rokeby Crescent Strathaven ML10 6EG
Received 16 Jun 2008Clayhedges Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 13 Jun 2008"San Vivasara" Peel Road Thorntonhall
Received 13 Jun 200818 Quarry Road Law ML8 5HB
Received 13 Jun 20086 Burnet Rose Court Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 13 Jun 200873 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen
Received 12 Jun 2008197 Brownside Road Rutherglen
Received 12 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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