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30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At Glenelg Cleghorn ML11 7RW
Received 19 Apr 2007Site Next To Beechlea Yieldshields Road Carluke
Received 18 Oct 2006Plots 5 & 6 & 39 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 20 Jun 20071 Saddlers Court Strathaven
Received 22 Dec 20062 Medwin Court Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 22 Dec 2006Citroen Park Of Hamilton 1 Braeview Place East Kilbride
Received 20 Dec 200650 Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 20 Dec 2006Peel Park Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 20 Dec 200655 Fairlie East Kilbride
Received 20 Dec 200650 Waterside Street Strathaven
Received 20 Dec 2006180 Dukes Road Rutherglen
Received 6 Dec 2006Buchanan Drive Rutherglen
Received 6 Dec 2006Browshott Farm Braehead ML11 8HB
Received 30 Nov 20061 Beech Crescent Cambuslang
Received 22 Nov 2006Greenhills Health Care Greenhills Square East Kilbride
Received 13 Oct 2006Javaids Supersave 25 Loch Shin East Kilbride
Received 6 Sept 2006Howard Avenue Howards Court Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 18 Sept 200637 Colonsay East Kilbride
Received 18 Sept 200628 Johnstone Drive Rutherglen
Received 9 Jan 2007Southwood Farm Abington
Received 12 Dec 20069 Coldstream Drive Rutherglen
Received 28 Aug 20078 Mitchell Drive Rutherglen
Received 28 Aug 2007Clydeside Farm Lamington ML12 6HS
Received 24 Jul 200713 South View Lesmahagow ML11 0AE
Received 24 Jul 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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