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
30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cross House Farm East Kilbride G75 9DS
Received 22 Feb 2007Flakefield (Land South Of) East Kilbride G74 1PF
Received 13 Jun 20079 Glen Quoich East Kilbride G74 2JE
Received 13 Jun 200735/37 Westport Lanark ML11 9HD
Received 12 Jun 20072 Colliehill Road Biggar ML12 6PN
Received 12 Jun 20073 Marlage Larkhall
Received 11 Jun 2007233 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 11 Jun 2007118 Union Street Larkhall
Received 11 Jun 200738 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen
Received 18 May 2007Dalmarnock Road Rutherglen
Received 1 May 20074 Blue Tower Douglas
Received 5 Apr 2007Hillhouse Road Hamilton
Received 4 Apr 200740 Chestnut Grove Larkhall
Received 30 Mar 200749 Marshall Grove Hamilton
Received 30 Mar 20077 Keats Park Bothwell
Received 30 Mar 2007Nerston Mill Stoneymeadow Road East Kilbride
Received 2 Jul 20076 Carradale Gardens Carluke ML8 4LU
Received 30 Apr 20078 Church Square Lesmahagow ML11 0EJ
Received 30 Apr 200713 Skye East Kilbride
Received 27 Apr 200730 Le Froy Gardens East Kilbride
Received 27 Apr 20073 Lea Burn Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 27 Apr 200715 Langlea Court Cambuslang
Received 27 Apr 20074 Righead Gate East Kilbride G74 4NG
Received 27 Apr 200739 Abbotsford Brae East Kilbride G74 4LH
Received 27 Apr 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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