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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Biggar Rugby Club Hartree Mill Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 10 Jan 2008Former Station And Yard Ryelands Station Ryelands Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 1 Oct 2007Redwood Development Hairmyres East Kilbride G75 8EA
Received 1 Oct 200729 The Beeches Blackwood ML11 9YR
Received 20 Sept 2007Mid Garngour Road Lesmahagow
Received 17 Sept 200738 Mill Road Carluke ML8 5AH
Received 20 Sept 20078 Spinningdale Stonehouse
Received 27 Aug 20078 Croft Road Larkhall
Received 23 Aug 2007Premier Travel Inn Hamilton Motorway Service Area M74 Northbound Hamilton
Received 3 Oct 200746 Fyne Crescent Larkhall
Received 3 Oct 2007Land At Laigh Muirhouses Farm Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 25 Sept 2007Lochlyoch Reservoir By Thankerton ML12 6NH
Received 27 Sept 2007A706/A721 Harelaw Roundabout Harelaw
Received 27 Sept 200759 Kirkconnel Drive Rutherglen
Received 26 Sept 200714 Leyland Avenue Hamilton
Received 21 Nov 200737 Millburn Gardens East Kilbride
Received 21 Nov 2007102 Somerville Drive East Kilbride
Received 21 Nov 200710 Dunavon Park Strathaven
Received 21 Nov 200736 Kirk Street Strathaven ML10 6LB
Received 21 Nov 200739 Cityford Drive Rutherglen
Received 22 Nov 2007245 Kingsheath Avenue Rutherglen
Received 22 Nov 2007Yett Farm Libberton ML11 8LX
Received 16 Nov 200717 Jasmine Way Carluke ML11 8AU
Received 20 Nov 200737 New Street Stonehouse
Received 20 Nov 2007Records 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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