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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Valley International Park Braidwood Road Crossford ML8 5HJ
Received 23 May 2007Valley International Park Braidwood Road Crossford, ML8 5HJ
Received 23 May 200747 Heathfield Drive Blackood ML11 9SR
Received 23 May 20077 Violet Gardens Carluke ML8 5JT
Received 30 Apr 2007Unit 1 30 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 27 Jun 200722 Hunters Crescent St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 27 Jun 200715 Greenlees Park Cambuslang
Received 27 Jun 2007164 Dukes Road Cambuslang
Received 27 Jun 200711 Burncleuch Avenue Cambuslang
Received 27 Jun 200799 St Nicholas Road Lanark ML11 7HN
Received 27 Jun 200735 Woodlands Avenue Law ML8 5JL
Received 27 Jun 2007Carnwath Mill Carnwath ML11 7LY
Received 27 Jun 2007Land Forming Part Of Westsidewood Farm Carnwath
Received 3 Apr 2007Limetree Cottage 95 Carlisle Road Abington ML12 6SD
Received 3 Apr 2007Ground On Strathaven Road Near Limekilnburn Hamilton
Received 17 Aug 2007Unit A Kingsgate Retail Park East Kilbride
Received 14 Dec 2007Lamington Mains Lamington ML12 6HW
Received 26 Nov 200712 North Avenue Cambuslang
Received 22 Nov 200712 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang
Received 22 Nov 200734 Hallcraig Place Carluke ML8 5UJ
Received 3 Aug 2007Lanark Road Braidwood
Received 3 Aug 200710 Westport Lanark ML11 9HD
Received 3 Aug 2007Plot 1 Caldwell Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 3 Aug 200731 Douglas Gardens Uddingston
Received 17 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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