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
30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
65-69 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 30 Oct 200610 Curtis Drive Blackwood ML11 9GF
Received 30 Oct 200626 Bloomgate Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 26 Oct 2006Lee Vale Hawksland ML11 9QA
Received 26 Oct 200641 Lanark Road Crossford
Received 20 Jul 2006Claddengreen Farm Burnhouse Road Auldhouse
Received 14 Sept 200655 Loch Naver East Kilbride
Received 14 Sept 200625 Croftbank Avenue Bothwell
Received 19 Oct 200645 Hamilton Park North Hamilton
Received 27 Oct 20065/7 Kirk Street Stonehouse
Received 27 Oct 200649 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 5 Oct 200649/51 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 5 Oct 20062 Murray Walk Blantyre
Received 5 Oct 2006Sandilands Lane Sandilands
Received 21 Sept 2006Stonerow Tashieburn Road Haywood
Received 21 Sept 200630 Townhead Street Stonehouse
Received 8 Feb 200774 The Fairways Bothwell
Received 8 Feb 20071 Hogan Drive Strathaven ML10 6EP
Received 8 Feb 200792 Kingsburn Grove Rutherglen
Received 6 Feb 20073 Ash Lane Stonehouse
Received 2 Feb 200771 - 73 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 2 Feb 2007Bent Road Hamilton
Received 24 Oct 20062 Glen Farrar East Kilbride
Received 6 Mar 2007St Leonards Neighbourhood Centre St Leonards Square East Kilbride
Received 6 Mar 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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