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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
M74 Central Lands At Birkhill Carlisle Road By Coalburn
Received 15 Jan 2008BP Oil Queensway North Connect Queensway East Kilbride G74 1HE
Received 29 Apr 2008High Kype Road Sandford Nr Strathaven
Received 29 Apr 200843 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 29 Apr 20087 Campbell Place East Kilbride
Received 29 Apr 2008Newark House Strathaven
Received 29 Apr 200826 Hamilton Drive Cambuslang
Received 28 Apr 200833 Holmhills Grove Cambuslang
Received 28 Apr 2008"Kenneth Lodge" Mauldslie Estate Carluke ML8 5QE
Received 25 Apr 2008Station House Edinburgh Road Cleghorn
Received 24 Apr 2008R.E.M.E. Workshops Hyndford Bridge Lanark ML11
Received 24 Apr 2008Plot At Polkelly Cottage Polkelly West Calder, EH55 8LN
Received 12 Feb 2008Oxengate Carnwath Road Elsrickle, ML12 6QZ
Received 23 Jan 2008Boat Farm Thankerton
Received 23 Jan 2008Birkview Boghall Road Carluke ML8 4QL
Received 23 Jan 2008239 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 21 Jan 200852 Overton Road Cambuslang
Received 21 Jan 200824 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang
Received 21 Jan 200831 Blackfaulds Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Jan 2008Northflats Off Goremire Road Carluke
Received 14 Jan 200839 Jerviswood Road Lanark ML11 7QS
Received 14 Jan 2008Sidehead Farm Strathaven
Received 25 Mar 200830 Pinewood Walk Strathaven
Received 25 Mar 2008Tweedieside Paddock Roman Road Sandford Strathaven
Received 8 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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