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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spar Store 29 Drygate Street Larkhall
Received 11 Jan 2007Spice Of Life 20 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 11 Jan 200714 Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 11 Jan 200798 Overton Road Netherburn
Received 11 Jan 2007Newhouse Farm Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UQ
Received 10 Jan 2007Land Adjacent To Junction 8 Off The M74 & A71 At Canderside Toll
Received 9 Jan 200776 Meadows Avenue Larkhall
Received 30 Apr 200714 Brora Crescent Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 200712 Langside Road Bothwell
Received 30 Apr 2007Hillhouse Road Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 200711 Abercorn Crescent Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 20073 Dunure Drive Hamilton
Received 30 Apr 2007Newton Cottage Newton Road Strathaven
Received 25 Apr 200747 Westerdale East Kilbride
Received 25 Apr 2007The Crooked Lum Brunel Way East Kilbride
Received 25 Apr 20073 Kenmar Terrace Hamilton
Received 22 May 2007175 Glen Avenue Larkhall
Received 22 May 200765 Farm Road Blantyre
Received 22 May 2007120B Braidwood Road Braidwood ML8 5NU
Received 22 May 200730 Mote Hill Hamilton
Received 22 May 2007Bertram House Bertram Avenue Carnwath ML11 8LF
Received 23 Feb 2007Church Street Uddingston
Received 28 Jun 200734 Camnethan Street Stonehouse
Received 28 Jun 200776/78 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 16 Nov 2006Records 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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