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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land East Of Mussy Dod East Of Crawford
Received 11 Jun 2007Land West Of Tewsgill Hill North Of Crawford
Received 11 Jun 20075 Newton Avenue Cambuslang
Received 7 Jun 200724 Draffan Road Netherburn
Received 4 May 2007122 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall
Received 4 May 2007124 Hareleeshill Road Larkhall
Received 4 May 200715 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell
Received 4 May 2007Land Lying Between 64 & 64A Biggar Road Symington
Received 7 Mar 2007Hazelside Farm Douglas ML11 0SD
Received 7 Mar 2007Bushelhead Farm Bushelhead Road Carluke, ML8 5NE
Received 7 Mar 20073 Wellbuttslea Drive Kirkfieldbank ML11 9BF
Received 7 Mar 2007Plot At Railway Sidings Hagholm Road Cleghorn
Received 7 Mar 20071 Kemp Street Hamilton
Received 27 Mar 20077 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 27 Mar 200730 Calder Street Blantyre
Received 27 Mar 2007119 Drygate Street Larkhall
Received 27 Mar 200718 Sycamore Way Cambuslang
Received 12 Mar 200715 Seath Road Rutherglen
Received 12 Mar 2007West Greenlees Development Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 20 Feb 2007Mecca Bingo 60 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 20 Feb 2007Land Adjacent To Applebank 37 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 12 Apr 20077 Hamilton Drive Bothwell
Received 30 May 200727 Redwood Crescent Hamilton
Received 30 May 2007Adjacent To 60 Violet Crescent Stonehouse
Received 30 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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