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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Chapelside Road East Kilbride
Received 7 Jun 2007Land Near Stobwooddyke Junction Forth
Received 5 Jun 2007Coulter WTW Coulter
Received 5 Jun 200711 Watson Street Uddingston
Received 4 Jun 200734 Castle Gate Bothwell
Received 4 Jun 2007Plots 114-116, 118, 134 & 137-139 Tobermory Road, Trossachs Road, Glen Nevis Place,, Glenlyon Place Rutherglen
Received 1 Jun 2007Stirling Road Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke ML8 5UF
Received 29 Jun 2007Southfield Cottage Southfield Road Blackwood
Received 29 Jun 2007Andershaw Forest South Of Douglas ML11 0SQ
Received 18 Jun 200745 Alder Gate Cambuslang
Received 28 Jun 200739 Abbotsford Crescent Strathaven
Received 27 Jun 200767 Kelso Drive East Kilbride
Received 27 Jun 200742 Kirkstyle Place Glassford
Received 27 Jun 20078 Gateshaw Wynd Strathaven
Received 27 Jun 200783 Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 26 Jun 20071 Burnhouse Cottages High Cleughearns Road Auldhouse
Received 26 Jun 20078 Firlee Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 26 Jun 2007Plot At Ballieshall Farm Douglas
Received 20 Jun 20074 Fleming Gardens Blackwood ML11 9RY
Received 28 Mar 2007Reservoir Cottage Coulter
Received 28 Mar 2007Rose Cottage Whitecastle (Site B) Biggar ML12 6LZ
Received 28 Mar 2007East Henshilwood Braehead ML11 8EU
Received 28 Mar 20078 Clydeford Drive Uddingston
Received 17 May 200724 Ochiltree Drive Hamilton
Received 17 May 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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