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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Upper Muirhouse Cleghorn ML11 8NX
Received 16 Oct 200780 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 29 Aug 200726 Thornielee East Kilbride
Received 29 Aug 20076 Chalmers Crescent East Kilbride G75 0PE
Received 29 Aug 200739 Tiree East Kilbride
Received 29 Aug 2007Carstairs Junction WWTW Carstairs Junction
Received 25 Jul 2007520 Carlisle Road Elvanfoot
Received 25 Jul 200718 Barnhill Drive Hamilton
Received 31 Oct 20075 Deepdale Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 13 Mar 200715 Glen Eagles St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 13 Mar 2007Newton Farm (Phase 4) Cambuslang
Received 8 Mar 200735 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen
Received 8 Mar 20071 Braidwood Road Crossford ML8 5RD
Received 26 Apr 2007Braeside The Pleasance Lanark ML11 9TG
Received 26 Apr 200720 Burnside View Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 3 Apr 2007Glen Street Cambuslang
Received 2 Apr 200745 Alder Gate Cambuslang
Received 2 Apr 20079 Larch Grove Hamilton
Received 5 Jul 2007Ashland Avenue Hamilton
Received 5 Jul 200771 Station Road Thankerton ML12 6NZ
Received 5 Jul 2007Shaw Park Field Dolphinton EH46 7AB
Received 5 Jul 2007Land Adjacent To David Livingston Centre 165 Station Road Blantyre
Received 5 Jul 20071 Wallace Wynd Law ML8 5FD
Received 4 Jul 200735 Macarthur Wynd Cambuslang
Received 4 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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