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
30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride
Received 25 Mar 2008The Old Manse Manse Road Symington, ML12 6LN
Received 12 Mar 2008Unit A Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 2008Unit A Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 20082 Dick Court Stonehouse
Received 7 Mar 20081 Muir Street Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 2008Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 7 Mar 200851 Broomfield Street Netherburn
Received 5 Mar 200810 Eden Park Bothwell
Received 5 Mar 200891 Bent Road Hamilton
Received 29 Feb 20083 & 3A Woodland Gardens Hamilton
Received 21 Jan 200893 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 21 Jan 2008Land East Of Ewe Hill Birnock North East Of Abington
Received 10 Jan 200815 The Crescent Lesmahagow ML11 0DP
Received 10 Jan 2008Land West Of Horse Pow Hill South East Of Elvanfoot
Received 10 Jan 2008Clayhedges House Auldhouse Road Auldhouse G75 9DR
Received 17 Mar 2008Hairmyres Drive East Kilbride
Received 29 Feb 20087 Birch Grove Cambuslang
Received 20 Feb 200835 Howieshill Road Cambuslang
Received 20 Feb 2008142 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 28 Jan 2008142 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 28 Jan 200867 Dean Crescent Hamilton
Received 21 Dec 2007315 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 21 Dec 2007Burnbrae Farm Quarter
Received 4 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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