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30,231 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Burnbrae Drive Rutherglen
Received 31 Jan 200836 Jedburgh Avenue Rutherglen
Received 31 Jan 200810 Livingston Lane Cambuslang
Received 23 Jan 2008Robert Smillie Memorial Primary School Glen Avenue Larkhall
Received 10 Apr 20082 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston
Received 10 Apr 200883 Linnhe Place Blantyre
Received 10 Apr 2008The Balleigh The Glebe Bothwell
Received 10 Apr 2008The Southfield Hotel 75 Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9RZ
Received 9 Apr 2008122 Hamilton Road Rutherglen
Received 7 Feb 200898 Aitken Road Hamilton
Received 20 Jun 200819 Cairnryan East Kilbride
Received 20 Jun 200821 Burns Park Calderwood East Kilbride G74 3AW
Received 20 Jun 200838 Glen Cannich East Kilbride G74 2BW
Received 20 Jun 20086 Mill Road Thankerton
Received 20 Jun 200812 Eaglesfield Crescent Strathaven
Received 4 Jan 2008Site Adjacent To 2 Bishops Park Thorntonhall
Received 27 Dec 20077 Kirklandpark Strathaven
Received 27 Dec 2007Eaglesham Road Westwood East Kilbride
Received 27 Dec 2007The Sheddons Braehead Road Thorntonhall
Received 27 Dec 2007Land To South Of 5 Leadhills Road Abington
Received 3 Jun 2008The Station Leadhills ML12 6XP
Received 3 Jun 200861 Hardie Street Blantyre
Received 30 May 200882 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 30 May 2008South Quarter Farm Sunnyside Road Hamilton
Received 13 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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