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30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wolfcrooks Farm Douglas Water ML11 9PA
Received 9 Nov 200718 Cedar Crescent Hamilton
Received 31 Aug 20076 Langoreth Avenue Hamilton
Received 31 Aug 2007Land Adjacent To 1 Station Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TG
Received 12 Oct 20075 Cooper Avenue Carluke
Received 12 Oct 2007Clydebank Farm Nemphlar Moor Road By Nemphlar
Received 12 Oct 2007100 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 6 Sept 2007Westwood Crescent Hamilton
Received 18 Sept 20071 Caldwell Grove Rutherglen
Received 14 Sept 2007243 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 14 Sept 200718 Borgie Crescent Cambuslang
Received 14 Sept 20078 Langlea Gardens Cambuslang
Received 14 Sept 2007Area C Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 11 Sept 20079 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang
Received 11 Sept 2007157/165 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 16 Oct 2007Land Behind Lockhart Street Stonehouse
Received 16 Oct 200730 Gallowhill Larkhall
Received 16 Oct 200745 Townhill Road Hamilton
Received 10 Aug 2007160 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 10 Aug 200712 Janefield Place Blantyre
Received 9 Aug 20077 Margarets Place Larkhall
Received 26 Jul 20073 Burnpark Avenue Uddingston
Received 26 Jul 2007Campbell Lane Hamilton
Received 26 Jul 200721 Lauder Gardens Blantyre
Received 20 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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