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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Baird Gardens Blantyre
Received 11 Apr 200736 Clyde View Ashgill Larkhall
Received 11 Apr 20072 Blairston Gardens Bothwell
Received 11 Apr 200715 Pentland Way Hamilton
Received 11 Apr 20072 Mearns Court Hamilton
Received 11 Apr 200734 St Ninians Place Stonehouse
Received 11 Apr 200728 Scotia Gardens Hamilton
Received 12 Apr 200715 Reen Place Bothwell
Received 12 Apr 200769 Reid Street Rutherglen
Received 27 Mar 20072 Hawthorn Walk Rutherglen
Received 27 Mar 2007Unit 5 Rutherglen Shopping Centre Rutherglen
Received 27 Mar 20074 Camps Road Crawford ML12 6TZ
Received 14 Mar 200730 Eskdale Drive Rutherglen
Received 23 Feb 2007Co-Op Funeral Care 54 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 12 Jun 200732 Tiree Grange Hamilton
Received 8 Jun 2007Camphill Vaults 1/3 Main Street Bothwell
Received 8 Jun 2007Camphill Vaults 1/3 Main Street Bothwell
Received 8 Jun 200725 Hawthorn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 29 Aug 200730 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 29 Aug 20077 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 29 Aug 20075 East Greenlees Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 Aug 200764 Kingsburn Grove Rutherglen
Received 17 Aug 2007121 Lightburn Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Aug 200729 Holmhills Grove Cambuslang
Received 15 Aug 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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