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30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Argyle Crescent Hamilton
Received 5 Nov 2007157/165 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 2 Nov 2007258 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 4 Oct 20079 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 4 Oct 200722 Duart Drive East Kilbride G74 4BJ
Received 3 Aug 2007Plot 64 Bogton Farm 10 Callaghan Crescent East Kilbride
Received 6 Sept 2007Learigg Ryelands Strathaven
Received 6 Sept 200745 Moss Road Strathaven
Received 6 Sept 2007Garden Street/ Manse View/ Schoolhouse Avenue Coalburn
Received 6 Aug 2007100 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DR
Received 6 Aug 2007Sandyholm Garden Centre & Coffee Shop Lanark Road Crossford
Received 29 Oct 2007Flat 14 8 Gateside Street Hamilton
Received 29 Oct 2007Unit 5 Block 7 Larkhall Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 29 Oct 200725 Douglas Gardens Uddingston
Received 25 Oct 2007137 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 25 Oct 20077 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 25 Oct 2007South Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre
Received 25 Oct 2007226-232 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 25 Oct 200737 Bairds Crescent Allanshaw Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 2 Oct 200712 Glebe Wynd Bothwell
Received 2 Oct 200733 Dunbar Avenue Rutherglen
Received 1 Oct 200746 Bullionslaw Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Oct 2007Unit 5 Greenhills Square Shopping Centre East Kilbride
Received 24 Jul 200776 Glenside Drive Cambuslang
Received 17 Jul 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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