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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Kirk Street Carluke ML8 5BW
Received 26 Mar 200742 Westport Lanark ML11 0HE
Received 26 Mar 20075 Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 19 Mar 20071 Shearer Drive Hamilton
Received 19 Mar 200741 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 19 Mar 200711 Oak Lea Hamilton
Received 8 Mar 2007Carlisle Road Ferniegair
Received 8 Mar 200711 Lovat Place Rutherglen
Received 23 Apr 20076 Manor Way Rutherglen
Received 23 Apr 20071 Orion Way Carluke
Received 2 Mar 2007Wolfcrooks Farm Douglas Water ML11 9PA
Received 18 May 200714 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 18 May 20072 Dunavon Park Strathaven
Received 17 May 200717 Holm Street Carluke ML8 5BS
Received 17 May 2007Heathfield Cottage Heathfield Drive Blackwood ML11 9SR
Received 17 May 2007Castle Avenue Uddingston
Received 15 May 200713 Morar Court Hamilton
Received 15 May 200731 Avon Avenue Carluke ML8 5DD
Received 25 Jun 20074 Edinburgh Road Abington ML12 6SA
Received 25 Jun 200710 Hillhouse Gate Carluke ML8 4BW
Received 25 Jun 2007Auldhouse Arms 6 - 12 Langlands Road Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 4 Jun 20071 Torrance Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 0RN
Received 4 Jun 20078 Findhorn Place East Kilbride G75 8NG
Received 4 Jun 200723 Newfield Place Rutherglen
Received 5 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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