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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Holmhills Road Cambuslang
Received 26 Jul 2007H3G Telecommunication Site Wilson Place Nerston East Kilbride G74 4QD
Received 19 Jul 200773 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 11 Jun 200754 Lochranza Lane East Kilbride
Received 11 Jun 2007127 Machan Road Larkhall
Received 7 Jun 200765 Glenafeoch Road Carluke ML8 4DS
Received 7 Jun 2007Corehouse By Lanark ML11 9TQ
Received 7 Jun 20071 Newkayes Road Auchenheath ML11 9XJ
Received 7 Jun 2007Plot Adjacent To 37 Lea Rig Forth ML11 8EA
Received 7 Jun 200729 The Beeches Blackwood ML11 9YR
Received 7 Jun 20076 Toward Court Blantyre
Received 1 May 200728 Laburnum Lea Hamilton
Received 1 May 200714A Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 12 Apr 2007Boc Off Bogleshole Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Mar 200747 Richmond Drive Rutherglen
Received 7 Mar 20077 Milton Avenue Cambuslang
Received 7 Mar 2007Somerfield St Vincent Place Lanark ML11 7LA
Received 6 Jul 2007149D Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TP
Received 6 Jul 2007Millholm Wiston ML12 6HU
Received 6 Jul 200752 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 29 Mar 2007New Farm Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 29 Mar 2007Unit 2 Queensway Retail Park Linwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 29 Mar 2007Land West Of Harleburn Head South East Of Crawford
Received 11 Jun 2007Land North East Of Sowen Hill North East Of Crawford
Received 11 Jun 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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