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30,220 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 & 9 Braefoot Crescent Law
Received 4 Jun 2007No. 2 Muirhouse Farm Cottage Libberton ML11 8LX
Received 29 May 200717 Bell's Wynd Douglas
Received 29 May 2007Cormiston Lodge Cormiston ML12 6NC
Received 29 May 200751 Strathcona Place East Kilbride G75 0HA
Received 25 May 2007Westoun Near Coalburn
Received 24 May 20077 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7PZ
Received 24 May 200745 Galloway Avenue Hamilton
Received 26 Apr 2007Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 26 Apr 200737 Bute East Kilbride
Received 26 Apr 20079 Hawksland Walk Hamilton
Received 26 Apr 2007111 Elder Crescent Cambuslang
Received 20 Apr 200750 Colinhill Road Strathaven
Received 12 Apr 2007Mill House Glassford ML10 6TR
Received 12 Apr 20072 Strathallan Wynd East Kilbride
Received 12 Apr 200726 Orchard Gardens Strathaven
Received 20 Mar 200754 Windward Road East Kilbride G75 8NP
Received 20 Mar 200741 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride
Received 20 Mar 200752 Blackbraes Road East Kilbride
Received 20 Mar 200741 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 18 Dec 2007Land At Top Of Keir Hardie Road Larkhall
Received 18 Dec 200755 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 18 Dec 2007Auchtygemmel Farm Dillarburn Lesmahagow
Received 4 Jul 200756 Strathclyde Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 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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