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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Whitehill Area 6 Former Cottage Tyres Site At Marquis Avenue/Dryden Road Whitehill Hamilton
Received 19 Feb 2008Westwood 4 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 19 Feb 2008Goldie Road Bothwell Park Industrial Estate Uddingston
Received 8 Feb 200858 Viewfield Avenue Blantyre
Received 8 Feb 200813 Ridgepark Drive Lanark ML11 7PG
Received 20 Jun 2008Maryfield Cottage Tarbrax EH55 8LN
Received 20 Jun 200823 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 20 Jun 2008The Roddings Lanark
Received 19 Jun 200863 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 20 Jun 200810 Swinburne Avenue Blantyre
Received 20 Jun 200845 Kenmar Road Hamilton
Received 20 Jun 2008Broadlees Farm Chapelton
Received 22 Apr 20082 Alberta Avenue East Kilbride
Received 22 Apr 20087 Berriedale Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 22 Apr 2008Plot Of Land Adjacent To A71 & A72 At Garrion Bridge Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 4 Apr 2008Land At Peel Park Redwood Crescent East Kilbride
Received 25 Feb 2008Boots 6/8 Brouster Gate East Kilbride
Received 24 Apr 2008Sprint Autopoint Filling Station 18 - 24 Old Coach Road East Kilbride G74 4DP
Received 24 Apr 2008Mothercare Unit 3, 7 Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 24 Apr 2008Area Of Ground Between Hillcrest & Hayhill Cottage Hayhill Road Jackton G74 5AN
Received 12 May 200810 Stuarton Park East Kilbride
Received 12 May 2008High Alderstocks Farm By West Brown Castle Strathaven ML10 6QW
Received 12 May 200812 Camnethan Street Stonehouse
Received 8 May 2008124 Main Street High Blantyre
Received 30 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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