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
30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen
Received 4 Jan 2008New Lanark World Heritage Site New Lanark Lanark
Received 24 Jun 200871 Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BG
Received 5 Mar 2008Jobcentre Plus 55 Bannatyne Street Lanark, ML11 7NR
Received 5 Mar 2008Linnhead Farm Sandilands ML11 9TJ
Received 4 Mar 2008Broomfield Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall
Received 3 Jan 2008Cornsilloch Farm Cornsilloch Brae Dalserf
Received 3 Jan 200817 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell
Received 3 Jan 200824 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 11 Jun 20083 Tribboch Street Larkhall
Received 11 Jun 2008Vacant Land Adjacent To Duchess Place Rutherglen
Received 10 Jun 200811 Andersen Court East Kilbride
Received 9 Jun 2008North Torfoot Farm Drumclog
Received 9 Jun 2008142 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 9 Jun 2008Plots 14/16 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 9 Jun 200819 Pitlochry Place Blantyre
Received 9 Jun 200822 Stonefield Road Blantyre
Received 9 Jun 200812 Countess Gate Bothwell
Received 9 Jun 200844 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven ML10 6TD
Received 5 Jun 2008144 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 28 Mar 2008Units 1&3 Nisbet Way Ravenstruther ML11 7SF
Received 25 Mar 200829 Station Road Leadhills ML12 6XS
Received 25 Mar 2008Plot 5 39 Station Road Carluke ML8 5GN
Received 25 Mar 2008Field At Spittal Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 25 Mar 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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