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30,222 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 19 Jul 2007Former Stonehouse Hospital Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 18 Jul 200743 Fenwick Drive Hamilton
Received 18 Jul 2007127A Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 18 Jul 200719 Iona Ridge Hamilton
Received 18 Jul 20073 Woodland Gardens Hamilton
Received 18 Jul 200754 Wellesley Crescent East Kilbride
Received 30 Aug 2007104 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 16 Aug 2007247 Kingsheath Avenue Rutherglen
Received 14 Aug 2007Plot 2 Station Road/Dumfries Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TF
Received 7 Aug 200740 Airdrie Road Carluke ML8 5EW
Received 7 Aug 200710 Mousebank Road Lanark ML11 7PE
Received 7 Aug 2007Spittal Cottage Spittal Road Carnwath
Received 7 Aug 2007Muirhouse Farm Auchenheath ML11 9XH
Received 7 Aug 2007Adjacent To 26 Devonburn Road Lesmahagow
Received 7 Aug 200728 Scott Street Hamilton
Received 18 Oct 200740 Strutherhill Larkhall
Received 18 Oct 2007Stonefield Road Blantyre
Received 18 Oct 2007105 Elder Crescent Cambuslang
Received 16 Oct 200710 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 16 Oct 20071 Laurel Gait Cambuslang
Received 28 Nov 20074 Credon Gardens Rutherglen
Received 28 Nov 2007122 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall
Received 13 Aug 2007Old Struthers Farm Off Baird Avenue Larkhall
Received 27 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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