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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Millstone Park Biggar ML12 6AQ
Received 30 May 20073 Keats Park Bothwell
Received 30 May 20075 South Park Road Hamilton
Received 30 May 200790 McNeil Street Larkhall
Received 30 May 200759 Dovecastle Drive Strathaven
Received 29 May 200758 John Street Blantyre
Received 25 May 2007Plot 19 Westerpark Avenue Hamilton
Received 25 May 200742 Stonefield Crescent Blantyre
Received 25 May 20075 Crona Drive Hamilton
Received 25 May 200718A Machan Road Larkhall
Received 25 May 200749A Upper Bourtree Drive Rutherglen
Received 24 May 20074 Colville Close Cambuslang
Received 24 May 2007Lethame Nurseries Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 26 Mar 2007Bothwell Tennis Club Mill Road Bothwell
Received 19 Apr 2007Robertson Street/Glenlee Street Burnbank Hamilton
Received 19 Apr 2007Part Ground Floor McAdam House 32 Campbell Street Hamilton
Received 19 Apr 20074 Laurel Wynd Cambuslang
Received 5 Apr 200733 Olifard Avenue Bothwell
Received 21 Mar 200721 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang
Received 12 Mar 2007114 High Blantyre Road Hamilton
Received 26 Apr 200763 Primrose Avenue Larkhall
Received 30 Mar 200715 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 6 Jun 2007Kypeside Stables Deadwaters ML11 0JL
Received 6 Jun 20073 Myers Crescent Uddingston
Received 2 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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