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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
341 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 6 Jun 2007248 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JJ
Received 15 Mar 20072 Gibson Close Biggar
Received 9 Mar 2007Moat Cottage Hawksland Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PY
Received 9 Mar 200744 Smithycroft Hamilton
Received 28 Feb 200728 Southhill Avenue Rutherglen
Received 14 May 2007241 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 14 May 20073 Cleveden Drive Rutherglen
Received 14 May 2007142 Blairbeth Road Rutherglen
Received 14 May 20077 Scioncroft Avenue Rutherglen
Received 29 May 20075 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang
Received 29 May 20078 Larch Court Cambuslang
Received 29 May 200725 Kent Drive Rutherglen
Received 29 May 200729 Douglas Street Carluke
Received 25 May 200710 Kelvin Court East Kilbride
Received 23 May 200712 Cumbrae East Kilbride
Received 23 May 2007Plot 4 George Paul Road Carnwath
Received 21 May 200771A Douglas Street Carluke
Received 24 Jan 200711 Sanquhar Gardens Blantyre
Received 7 Jun 20071 Cheviot Road Larkhall
Received 7 Jun 20073 Thorn Avenue Thorntonhall G74 5AT
Received 7 Jun 2007Plot 1 Carnwath Mill Farm Carnwath ML11 8LY
Received 6 Jul 200759 The Crescent Lesmahagow ML11 0DP
Received 27 Feb 2007Unit 1 30 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 26 Apr 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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