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30,219 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Pentland Way Hamilton
Received 9 May 20071 The Acres Larkhall
Received 9 May 2007Bothwell Street/Beckford Street Hamilton
Received 9 May 20077 South Park Road Hamilton
Received 9 May 200741 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 11 Oct 2006Plots 1,2 & 3 Peel Park Campus East Kilbride
Received 20 Sept 200623 Lomond Valleyfield East Kilbride
Received 20 Sept 20064 Rosebank Gardens Strathaven
Received 20 Sept 2006Blackbraes Road East Kilbride
Received 20 Sept 200610 Rowan Walk Strathaven
Received 20 Sept 2006Hayhill Road Jackton
Received 19 Sept 2006Stonehill Farm Crawfordjohn ML12 6SU
Received 12 Sept 200647 Dalrymple Drive East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 2006Land Adjacent To Peel Park Junction Of Eaglesham Road & Brooklands East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 200617 Brisbane Terrace East Kilbride
Received 29 Nov 200636 Annan Avenue East Kilbride
Received 6 Nov 2006Bogton Farm Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 6 Nov 20064 Saddlers Gate Strathaven
Received 6 Nov 200618 Colvilles Place Kelvin Ind Est East Kilbride
Received 6 Nov 200698 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 6 Nov 2006235 Woodside Terrace Tarbrax EH55 8XB
Received 2 Nov 200626 Dalton Hill Hamilton
Received 9 Oct 200626 High Pleasance Larkhall
Received 9 Oct 200634 Eriskay Avenue Hamilton
Received 9 Oct 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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