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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Moffat Place East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G75 8RX
Received 17 May 2007Site At Chapel Street Carluke
Received 6 Mar 200761 Main Street Braehead ML11 8EZ
Received 5 Mar 2007Site By Clyde Valley Garden Centre Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 23 Feb 2007Watston Farm Stonehouse
Received 20 Sept 200637 Lairds Gate Bothwell
Received 20 Sept 200613 Orchard Drive Blantyre
Received 20 Sept 200618 Main Street Douglas ML11 0QW
Received 16 Nov 200610 Murray Walk Blantyre
Received 26 Jan 2007Dohertys Bar 33 - 35 Castle Street Hamilton
Received 26 Jan 200766 Townhead Street Strathaven
Received 25 Jan 20076 Springfield Place Strathaven
Received 25 Jan 200756 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 25 Jan 200742 Montreal Park East Kilbride
Received 17 Jan 2007Site To The Rear Of Units 63-71 Colvilles Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 17 Jan 200719 Macrae Gardens Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4TP
Received 17 Jan 2007East Mains Baptist Church 12 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 Jan 200765 Ontario Park East Kilbride
Received 24 Nov 2006Land To North Of Linwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 24 Nov 200645 West Mains Road West Mains East Kilbride
Received 24 Nov 20069 Ryeland Street Strathaven
Received 24 Nov 200637 Marshall Street Larkhall
Received 22 Nov 2006132A Union Street Larkhall
Received 22 Nov 2006Land To Southwest Of Muirfoot Road Rigside
Received 28 Sept 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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