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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Aldi Store Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 2 May 200734 Watson Street High Blantyre
Received 2 May 20078 Pillans Court Burnbank Hamilton
Received 2 May 200735 Marshall Grove Hamilton
Received 2 May 200727 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 30 Apr 20071 Credon Gardens Rutherglen
Received 30 Apr 200729 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 30 Apr 2007Thorniecroft Welldale Lane Nemphlar ML11 9JF
Received 29 Mar 200728 Kype View Strathaven
Received 12 Mar 200731 Pentland Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Mar 200710 Avenel Crescent Strathaven
Received 12 Mar 200755 Buchandyke Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Mar 200719 Cochrane Street Strathaven
Received 26 Feb 20078 Linden Walk Strathaven
Received 26 Feb 20075 Fortrose Court Blantyre
Received 1 Jun 2007Yard 6 Leckie Drive Allanshaw Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 1 Jun 200723 Sutherland Street Blantyre
Received 1 Jun 2007West Town House Carlinside Nemphlar
Received 30 Mar 2007Verve Body Shop Wildman Road Law ML8 5ET
Received 30 Mar 20073 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 30 Mar 200754 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride
Received 16 Mar 2007East Drumloch Farm Drumloch Road Hamilton
Received 16 Mar 200763 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 12 Mar 2007Lanark Golf Club The Moor Whitelees Road Lanark ML11 7RX
Received 5 Nov 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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