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30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 Guildhouse Farm Braehead ML11 8EZ
Received 31 May 20075 Ballochmill Road Rutherglen
Received 31 May 2007Kirkfield House Kirkfieldbank ML11 9UH
Received 31 May 2007Part Throughburn Farm Forth
Received 31 May 200711 Kingshill View Law Village ML8 5LA
Received 31 May 200718 Carmuir Forth ML11 8AR
Received 31 May 20079 Alloway Crescent Rutherglen
Received 31 May 2007Land To The South West Of 26 Raploch Road Larkhall
Received 29 May 2007Machan Bar 10 Muir Street Larkhall
Received 24 May 20071 Thorntree Way Bothwell
Received 24 May 2007119/121 John Street Larkhall
Received 24 May 200712 School Lane Cambuslang
Received 16 May 200710 Ash Wynd Cambuslang
Received 16 May 20077 Springfield Avenue Uddingston
Received 29 Dec 2006Land Off Kirktonholme Crescent East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 2006Arrotshole Farm Arrotshole Road Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 28 Sept 2006Bothwell Post Office 34 Main Street Bothwell
Received 19 Dec 2006Uddingston Grammar School Station Road Uddingston
Received 19 Dec 200617 Douglas Park Lane Hamilton
Received 19 Dec 200654 Moorside Street Carluke ML8 4EQ
Received 16 May 2007Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0PX
Received 27 Mar 2007Upper Flat 89 Union Street Larkhall
Received 22 Jan 2007Douglas Arms Hotel Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0PX
Received 17 Jan 200727 The Holdings Stonebyres ML11 9UW
Received 17 Jan 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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