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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Nethan View Blackwood ML11 9YN
Received 10 Apr 2007Duchess Road Rutherglen
Received 9 Mar 200723 Pentland Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Mar 2007Boghall Road Carluke
Received 1 Mar 200776 High Street Biggar ML12 6DA
Received 1 Mar 200712 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 18 Apr 20073 Muir Street Larkhall
Received 5 Apr 2007Dykehead Farm Chapelton Strathaven
Received 7 Mar 20071 Vernon Bank East Kilbride
Received 7 Mar 2007Development Site Kingsway East Nerston East Kilbride
Received 7 Mar 2007138 Sycamore Crescent East Kilbride
Received 7 Mar 20071 Kings Well Gardens Chapelton Strathaven
Received 7 Mar 20073 Sweethope Gardens Bothwell
Received 27 Feb 200730 Ness Drive Blantyre
Received 27 Feb 200744 Viewfield Avenue Blantyre
Received 27 Feb 200713 Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 27 Feb 2007Ground To East Of 18 Fairfield Place Bothwell
Received 16 Mar 20077 Princes Gate Bothwell
Received 14 Mar 200717 Eden Park Bothwell
Received 14 Mar 200719 Dornoch Drive Blantyre
Received 14 Mar 200789 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 26 Feb 200789 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 26 Feb 2007Legends Bar 2 Montgomery Street The Village East Kilbride G74 4JS
Received 19 Apr 2007Netherwood New Kayes Road Auchenheath ML11 9XJ
Received 16 Feb 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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