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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 1 - 3 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1LB
Received 2 Jun 200823 Lendal Place Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 15 Jan 200875 Bank Park East Kilbride
Received 5 Jun 2008Greenbank Nursing Home 24 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 27 Dec 2007224 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 24 Apr 200882 Caithness Road Brancumhall Estate East Kilbride
Received 2 Apr 200830 Pentland Way Hawthorn Grove Hamilton
Received 16 Apr 200812 Moorlands Walk Uddingston
Received 16 Apr 200826 Hamilton Road Bothwell
Received 16 Apr 2008Quarry Road Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9SL
Received 11 Apr 2008Lee Burn Kingsway East Meadow Place Nerston East Kilbride G74 3XB
Received 11 Apr 200844 Mount Cameron Drive North East Kilbride G74 2ES
Received 11 Apr 200810 Dunbar Place East Kilbride G74 1HA
Received 11 Apr 20088 Farrier Crescent Chapelton
Received 19 Feb 200834 Jedburgh Avenue Rutherglen
Received 14 Feb 20088 Glebe Avenue Bothwell
Received 12 Feb 200878 Meadows Avenue Larkhall
Received 12 May 20082 Ashley Drive Bothwell
Received 12 May 2008Land To The East Of Kittoch Water East Of Kittoch Bridge By Carmunnock
Received 8 May 200815 New Plymouth Newlandsmuir East Kilbride G75 8QB
Received 6 May 2008Cambuslang Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Apr 200867 Spinningdale Stonehouse
Received 22 Feb 200834 Scott Street Hamilton
Received 22 Feb 200875 High Parks Crescent Hamilton
Received 22 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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