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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Co-Op Food Store 35 Main Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 16 Feb 2007Land Situated Off The Old Carlisle Road Blackwood
Received 27 Apr 200725 Hospitland Drive Lanark ML11 7EJ
Received 27 Apr 2007Reynard Nursery Mauldslie Road Carluke ML8 5HW
Received 27 Apr 20078A Kirkton Avenue Carluke
Received 27 Apr 2007East Cottage Hardington Lamington
Received 27 Apr 2007Plot Adjacent To 22 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 27 Apr 20075 Mitchell Knowe Biggar ML12 6DB
Received 27 Apr 200714 West End Court Law ML8 5SL
Received 19 Mar 200713 Marigold Way Carluke ML8 5TL
Received 19 Mar 200712 Kinneil Place Hamilton
Received 2 Jul 2007119 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 2 Jul 2007Hamilton Motorway Services M74 Northbound Hamilton
Received 1 Jun 200717 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7QR
Received 14 May 20077 Forrest Road Lanark ML11 9AY
Received 14 May 200772 Main Street Blantyre
Received 11 Apr 20073A Brandon Gardens Cambuslang
Received 22 May 20072 Elder Drive Cambuslang
Received 22 May 20076 Langlea Gardens Cambuslang
Received 20 Mar 200723 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang
Received 20 Mar 2007189 Brownside Road Rutherglen
Received 20 Mar 200797 Overton Road Cambuslang
Received 20 Mar 200730 Main Street Leadhills ML12 6XR
Received 12 Feb 2007Fallburn Holdings Toll Cottage Thankerton ML12 6PD
Received 4 May 2007Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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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