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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 High Street Lanark ML11 7LU
Received 1 May 2007Land Adjacent To 43 & 45 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 1 May 2007Sherifflats Road/Boat Road Thankerton
Received 20 Feb 2007Lower Muirhouse Near Cleghorn ML11 8NX
Received 20 Feb 200748 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 24 Apr 2007Parkville 296 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 24 Apr 2007Land To North Of Thorndale Manse Road Stonehouse
Received 24 Apr 2007Holmhead Farm Crossford
Received 23 Apr 200714 Westfarm Wynd Cambuslang
Received 26 Mar 2007159 & 163 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 16 Apr 2007Land At Strathaven Road/ Sandford Road West Mains Stonehouse
Received 16 Apr 20073 Belmont Avenue Uddingston
Received 3 Apr 200719 Manus Duddy Court Blantyre
Received 3 Apr 200750 Maple Drive Larkhall
Received 3 Apr 20073 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston
Received 3 Apr 20072 Brodie Place Stonehouse
Received 3 Apr 200714 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre
Received 3 Apr 2007Vacant Plot On Corner Of Singer Road And Young Place, East Kilbride
Received 14 Mar 20074 Mackenzie Gardens Dolphinton EH46 7HS
Received 3 Jul 2007Victoria Hall Douglas ML11 0QG
Received 3 Jul 200772 Lesmahagow Road Boghead ML11 0JA
Received 3 Jul 2007Plot 3 Shodshillmill Farm Road Cleghorn
Received 18 Apr 2007Craighead Road Gilkerscleugh Abington ML12 6SX
Received 18 Apr 2007Duneaton House Abington ML12 6SQ
Received 26 Mar 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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