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
30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Todshill Street Strathaven
Received 19 Sept 2006Crossbasket House Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre
Received 22 Nov 2006Former Hunter High School Crawford Drive East Kilbride
Received 23 Nov 20069-19 North Avenue Carluke ML8 5TR
Received 2 Feb 2007Ravenswood Nursery Hagholm Road Cleghorn ML11 7SG
Received 2 Feb 200733 Holmwood Crossford ML8 5SZ
Received 2 Feb 200710/12 New Road Lesmahagow ML11 0EX
Received 2 Feb 2007Plots 1 & 2 New Street Stonehouse
Received 21 Dec 20067 Wisteria Lane Carluke ML8 5TB
Received 21 Aug 2006Plot Adjacent To Mansewood Hotel Mansewood Road Wilsontown
Received 4 Oct 2006The Wallace Cave 11 Bloomgate Lanark, ML11 9ET
Received 4 Oct 20066 Wheatland Drive Lanark ML11 7QG
Received 4 Oct 200628 Bankhead Terrace Lanark ML11 9BW
Received 4 Oct 2006'La Vigna' 38-40 Wellgate Lanark ML11
Received 28 Aug 200619 Mauldslie Place Ashgill
Received 11 Dec 200642 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride
Received 6 Dec 2006Torrance Hotel 135 Main Street East Kilbride
Received 6 Dec 2006Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow East Kilbride
Received 6 Dec 2006Unit 32 Calderwood Square East Kilbride
Received 22 Sept 20067 Kirkriggs View Burnside
Received 18 Sept 2006Birkwood Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall
Received 26 Jan 200712 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 17 Jan 2007Sunnyside Farm Sunnyside Road By Quarter Larkhall
Received 17 Jan 2007Verve Bodyshop Wildman Road Law ML8 5ET
Received 13 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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