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30,229 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Crawford Crescent Uddingston
Received 3 Jun 2008Upper Glengorm 14 Station Road Biggar ML12 6JN
Received 2 Jun 200838 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen
Received 28 May 200828 Bressay Grove Cambuslang
Received 28 May 200839 Magnolia Drive Cambuslang
Received 27 May 2008Plot 1 Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 10 Apr 2008Schoolhouse Avenue/Manse View Coalburn
Received 13 May 200829 Glen Shee Court Carluke ML8 4RU
Received 12 May 20085 Roberton Close Kirkmuirhill ML11 9YY
Received 12 May 2008Land Adjacent To 39 Station Road Biggar
Received 12 May 2008Meadowhall Boghall Road Braidwood ML8 5PF
Received 12 May 2008Upper Muirhouse Cleghorn ML11 8NX
Received 5 Mar 2008Land Adjacent To Easter Stobwood Farm Forth ML11 8ET
Received 29 Feb 2008Shawfield Dunsyre ML11 8NQ
Received 29 Feb 200829 Inch Keith East Kilbride
Received 22 Jan 200836 Huntly Gardens Blantyre
Received 14 Feb 2008Shoulderigg Place Coalburn
Received 1 Feb 2008California Place Leadhills ML12 6YE
Received 31 Jan 2008Vacant Land South Of (And East Of) 112 Hagholm Road Cleghorn ML11 7SG
Received 27 Dec 2007Caldwellside Industrial Estate Carstairs Road ML11 7SR
Received 27 Dec 2007Dalton Schoolhouse Flemington Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Jun 20085 Blairbeth Terrace Rutherglen
Received 16 Jun 2008436 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen
Received 16 Jun 200833 Balfour Terrace East Kilbride
Received 13 Jun 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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