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30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cemetery Lodge House Mill Street Rutherglen
Received 16 Nov 2006Plaza Tower East Kilbride
Received 27 Sept 2006Springbank 9 Auchentibber Road Blantyre
Received 15 Sept 200633 Lavender Drive East Kilbride
Received 13 Dec 200621 Saddlers Gate Strathaven
Received 13 Dec 2006High Coldstream House Strathaven
Received 13 Dec 200610 Scott Grove Hamilton
Received 6 Nov 200613 Udston Mill Road Stonehouse
Received 6 Nov 200674 Huntly Gardens Blantyre
Received 6 Nov 200620 Craigmuir Road High Blantyre
Received 26 Sept 200616 Craigmuir Road Kirk Gate High Blantyre
Received 26 Sept 200611A Dunard Road Rutherglen
Received 22 Sept 200639 Brouster Hill East Kilbride
Received 21 Sept 20066 Glen Tanner East Kilbride
Received 21 Sept 20063 Clamps Terrace St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 21 Sept 200629 Commercial Road Strathaven
Received 21 Sept 2006Kingsgate Retail Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride
Received 15 Sept 20069 Crosshill Avenue Strathaven
Received 13 Sept 2006East Kilbride Park & Ride Off Torrance Road East Kilbride
Received 14 Nov 2006Sports Club Main Street Symington ML12 6LL
Received 13 Nov 2006Leadhills Viaduct Elvanfoot
Received 13 Nov 20064 Vere Road Blackwood ML11 9RS
Received 13 Nov 200665 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 10 Jan 200767 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 10 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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