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
30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21/29 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 12 Jul 200724 Greenrig Uddingston
Received 12 Jul 2007Site Of Former Bowling Pavillion Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 12 Jul 200712 Corrie Court Hamilton
Received 12 Jul 2007119 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 9 Jul 200751 Union Street Hamilton
Received 9 Jul 200763/65 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 9 Jul 200723 Miller Street Larkhall
Received 9 Jul 2007St Patricks Primary School Commercial Road Strathaven ML10 6SW
Received 9 Jul 2007McColls 32-36 Calderwood Square Calderwood East Kilbride G74 3BQ
Received 9 Jul 200732 - 36 Calderwood Square Calderwood East Kilbride G74 3BQ
Received 9 Jul 2007Woodside Garage Carstairs
Received 2 Nov 20071-3 Belvedere Place Coalburn ML11 0NL
Received 2 Nov 2007128 Main Street Carnwath ML11 8HR
Received 2 Nov 2007The Grange Grange Road Pettinain ML11 8SP
Received 1 Nov 200788 Rhyber Avenue Lanark ML11 7HH
Received 1 Nov 2007Post Office Thornton Drive Kirkmuirhill ML11 9SP
Received 1 Nov 2007Howford Cottage Hyndfordbridge Lanark, ML11 9TD
Received 1 Nov 20073 Elgin Place East Kilbride
Received 29 Oct 20072 Aspen Place Strathaven
Received 29 Oct 200736 Laburnum Avenue East Kilbride G75 9EU
Received 29 Oct 200772 Braemar Road Rutherglen
Received 25 Sept 200717 Manor Way Burnside
Received 25 Sept 2007124 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall
Received 13 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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