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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 Blairston Gardens Bothwell
Received 29 Sept 20061 Cowan Wilson Avenue Blantyre
Received 29 Sept 200669 Maple Drive Larkhall
Received 29 Sept 200627 Macneill Drive East Kilbride
Received 28 Feb 200731 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride
Received 28 Feb 2007The Star Inn 6 Waterside Street Strathaven
Received 4 Jul 20079 Raeburn Place East Kilbride
Received 4 Jul 200756 Braidwood Road Braidwood ML8 5NY
Received 3 Jul 2007Plot 1 Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther
Received 3 Jul 2007Libberton Parish Church Libberton
Received 24 Jul 2007Stobwood By Forth
Received 24 Jul 200730 Nursery Drive Ashgill Larkhall
Received 1 Nov 2007113 Patrickholm Avenue Stonehouse
Received 31 Oct 200711 Langlea Gardens Cambuslang
Received 15 Oct 200710 Chatelherault Avenue Cambuslang
Received 15 Oct 200725 Aspen Way Hamilton
Received 21 Sept 20072 Don Court Hamilton
Received 21 Sept 2007Hamilton Town House Venue 116 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 3 Jan 200723 Mossdale Gardens Hamilton
Received 29 Dec 2006Westmill Farm Steading Dolphinton EH46 7HH
Received 27 Dec 2006Northwing 1 Mauldslie Stables Carluke ML8 5QE
Received 27 Dec 2006Plot Of Land At Greentowers Road Cartland
Received 27 Dec 2006Plot Of Land At Greentowers Road Cartland ML11 7RD
Received 27 Dec 2006Cormiston Towers Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 27 Dec 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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