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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Cleghorn Road Lanark
Received 13 Dec 200623 Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 13 Dec 2006Townlands Farm Stonehouse
Received 12 Dec 2006103 Falkland Drive East Kilbride
Received 12 Dec 2006East Farm East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 12 Dec 2006Unit 9 Olympia Centre East Kilbride Shopping Centre East Kilbride
Received 12 Dec 2006North Crookedstone Farm Limekilnburn Road Hamilton
Received 27 Nov 20068A Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 3 Mar 20066 Glen Turret East Kilbride G74 2JT
Received 17 Jun 20101 White's Neuk Lanark ML11 7EE
Received 26 Oct 2006Upper Pettinain Village Pettinain
Received 23 Nov 200611 Abbots Way Lesmahagow
Received 23 Nov 200624 Allan Avenue Carluke ML8 5UA
Received 20 Nov 2006The Bothy Westertown Farm Steadings Cleghorn
Received 20 Nov 200654 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen
Received 13 Sept 200613 Colonsay East Kilbride
Received 20 Feb 200763 Auchengray Road Auchengray
Received 27 Dec 2006St Mary's Hall Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JB
Received 27 Dec 200648 Glen Lethnot East Kilbride
Received 23 Nov 2006245-247 King Street Rutherglen
Received 19 Oct 200616 Dillarburn Road Dillarburn ML11 9PQ
Received 18 Oct 2006203 Mallard Crescent Greenhills East Kilbride
Received 4 Oct 2006Cleghorn Mains Cleghorn ML11 7RN
Received 21 Sept 200611 Braehead Avenue Larkhall
Received 11 Jan 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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