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30,226 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Ninians Road Hillhouse Hamilton
Received 15 Oct 200726 Hawthorn Walk Cambuslang
Received 10 Oct 20072 Plots At Leggatfoot Cottage Covington ML12 6NE
Received 8 Oct 20074 Mousebank Lane Lanark ML11 7PP
Received 8 Oct 200712 Homeston Avenue Bothwell
Received 8 Oct 20076 Hoylake Park Bothwell
Received 8 Oct 200712 Larch Grove Hamilton
Received 8 Oct 20075 Elm Court Quarter
Received 8 Oct 2007Bankhead Cottage 73 Braxfield Road Lanark, ML11 9EU
Received 25 Jun 2007Blantyre Credit Union 252 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 20 Aug 2007Plot 5 Old Mill Lane Uddingston
Received 20 Aug 2007Brandon House 21/25 Brandon Street Hamilton
Received 20 Aug 200711 Mansfield Drive Uddingston
Received 20 Aug 20071-5 Broomgate Lanark
Received 20 Jul 20071-5 Broomgate Lanark
Received 20 Jul 2007Land At Glebe Wynd Bothwell
Received 3 Dec 200781 Wordsworth Way Bothwell
Received 7 Dec 2007Former Vogue Bingo 11 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 16 Nov 2007Hunter Primary School Crawford Drive Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 4 Dec 2007Hairmyres Drive East Kilbride
Received 7 Dec 200781 Belmont Drive Westwood East Kilbride
Received 7 Dec 200710 Hairmyres Park East Kilbride
Received 7 Dec 200712 Cathkin Avenue Cambuslang
Received 20 Aug 2007147 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 9 Aug 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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