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
30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
136 Union Street Larkhall
Received 13 Dec 20063 Castle Wynd Bothwell
Received 13 Dec 2006Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 13 Dec 200623 Glebe Street Hamilton
Received 13 Dec 200641 Woolfords Cottages West Calder EH55 8LH
Received 1 Sept 2006Crossbasket House Stoneymeadow Road Blantyre
Received 12 Oct 200660 Calderglen Road East Kilbride G74 2JS
Received 12 Oct 200655 Kelvin Crescent East Kilbride
Received 12 Oct 2006432 Kingspark Avenue Rutherglen
Received 10 Oct 200623 Fishescoates Avenue Rutherglen
Received 6 Dec 2006Bridge Street Cambuslang
Received 15 Nov 20065 Carradale Gardens Carluke ML8 4LU
Received 8 Nov 2006Co-Operative Supermarket Market Road Biggar ML12 6BW
Received 8 Nov 200660 Dumfries Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TF
Received 8 Nov 200618 Strathmore Grove East Kilbride
Received 22 Sept 20069 Machrie Green Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 22 Sept 20064 Sandalwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 12 Oct 2006Belhaven Hill Road Netherburn
Received 6 Oct 2006Vacant Land At Fallside Road Bothwell
Received 6 Oct 200684 Glenside Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 Oct 200630 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 1 Nov 20061 Jura Drive Blantyre
Received 1 Nov 2006Old Cross Mot Station 25 Drygate Street Larkhall
Received 1 Nov 20063 Leyland Wynd Hamilton
Received 26 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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