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30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1-3 Broompark Road Blantyre
Received 19 Oct 2006Beechgrove Water Tower Beech Grove Greenhills East Kilbride G75 9EA
Received 19 Jun 2007East Rogerton Markethill Road East Kilbride
Received 19 Jun 2007Collinsdene Care Home 126 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 19 Jun 200722 Langlea Gardens Cambuslang
Received 18 Jun 2007Unit 2D Drumsagard, Cambuslang
Received 15 Jun 200716 Sandhead Terrace Blantyre
Received 14 Jun 200731 Ledvinka Crescent Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 2007Remploy Hamilton 135 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 2007Parks Renault 143 - 159 Almada Street Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 2007Land At Windhill Farm Sandford On B7086
Received 12 Jun 2007Roxburgh Park (Near Junction With Avondale Avenue) East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 2007The Courtyard Laighnetherfield Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 12 Jun 200716 Rowan Court Cambuslang
Received 8 Jun 200723 Glebe Street Hamilton
Received 11 Dec 2006Unit 6 Argyle Crescent Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 11 Dec 2006Lloyds TSB 25 Bannatyne Street Lanark ML11 7JR
Received 11 Dec 2006Thorniehill 301 Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 11 Dec 2006Redwood Crescent Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 10 Jan 200735 Glassford Road Strathaven
Received 10 Jan 200730 Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang
Received 19 Dec 2006Langcroft Drive/Hamilton Crescent Cambuslang
Received 12 Dec 2006The Watermans Cottage East Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Dec 20065 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Dec 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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