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
30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Ardbeg Avenue Rutherglen
Received 15 Aug 200717 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang
Received 13 Aug 2007147 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 13 Aug 200761 Snaefell Avenue Rutherglen
Received 13 Aug 200715 Thorn Drive Rutherglen
Received 27 Jul 2007Cartland Mains Cartland ML11 7RF
Received 9 Jul 200714A Prospect Avenue Cambuslang
Received 11 Sept 20075 Ballochmill Road Rutherglen
Received 11 Sept 20073 Dunlop Street Strathaven
Received 20 Aug 200728 Meadowbank Avenue Strathaven
Received 20 Aug 20074 Greystone Place Strathaven
Received 20 Aug 2007Plot Next To 19 Watling Street Crawford
Received 29 Oct 200732 Beaton Street Larkhall
Received 30 Oct 200715 Maclean Place East Kilbride
Received 30 Oct 200719 Sycamore Way Cambuslang
Received 29 Oct 200730 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang
Received 29 Oct 200712 Larch Court Cambuslang
Received 29 Oct 2007Elphinstone Hotel High Street Biggar ML12 6DL
Received 26 Oct 2007Flat 2 2 Uddingston Road Bothwell
Received 19 Sept 200722 Craignethan Crescent Netherburn Larkhall
Received 19 Sept 20072 Ashley Drive Bothwell
Received 19 Sept 2007Plot 5 10 Kennoway Crescent Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 19 Sept 2007Burnbank Filling Station 91 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 19 Sept 20077 Inch Garvie East Kilbride
Received 19 Mar 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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