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30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 31 Jul 200762 Hamilton Park North Hamilton
Received 30 Jul 200725 Berriedale Crescent Blantyre
Received 30 Jul 200730-32 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 9 Oct 2007Premier Travel Inn Crooked Lum Brunel Way The Murray East Kilbride G75 0LD
Received 8 Oct 20073 Dornoch Drive Blantyre
Received 1 Oct 200756 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang
Received 27 Sept 200714 Pine Avenue Cambuslang
Received 3 Sept 200774 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 3 Sept 20078 Langdale East Kilbride
Received 23 Aug 2007East Fieldhead Craigend Road Auldhouse
Received 23 Aug 2007Berebriggs Farm Glassford Road Strathaven
Received 15 Oct 2007101 Aitken Road Hamilton
Received 5 Sept 2007Property Adjacent To 304 Main Street High Blantyre
Received 5 Sept 200721 Priory Drive Uddingston
Received 28 Aug 20073 Pittenweem Path Blantyre
Received 28 Aug 2007Land At Poniel Holdings South West Of Junction 11 M74 ML11 0RL
Received 2 Aug 2007Asda Stores Ltd Palace Grounds Road Hamilton
Received 2 Nov 200714 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 2 Nov 2007171 Limekilnburn Road Limekilnburn Quarter
Received 2 Nov 2007Flat 2/3 71 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 2 Nov 200729 Birdsfield Drive Blantyre
Received 17 Dec 200771 Shelley Drive Bothwell
Received 13 Dec 200714 The Holdings Sidehead Road Stonehouse
Received 17 Dec 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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