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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 5 Lawhill Road Law ML8 5EZ
Received 27 Dec 200625 Holmwood Crossford ML8 5SZ
Received 27 Dec 2006110 Main Street Leadhills ML12 6XR
Received 27 Dec 200688 Vere Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9RP
Received 27 Dec 200643 Burnside View Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 3 May 20074 Strathkelvin Lane Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 3 May 20077 Anford Lane Blantyre
Received 10 Apr 200781 Rosevale Crescent Hamilton
Received 20 Feb 200710 Redwood Close Hamilton
Received 14 Dec 20064 Pillans Court Hamilton
Received 14 Dec 2006Lomond View Turnlaw Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Dec 2006Broomhill Carnwath
Received 10 Nov 2006Plot A Dippool Farm Auchengray
Received 9 Feb 200727 Main Street Uddingston
Received 5 Feb 2007Castle Avenue/Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 5 Feb 20075 Strachan Place Westcraigs Hamilton
Received 5 Feb 200792 Covington Road Covington ML12 6NE
Received 21 Jun 20074 Rosemount Meadows Bothwell
Received 19 Jun 200736 Clydeford Drive Uddingston
Received 19 Jun 2007Land At Downiebrae Road Rutherglen
Received 19 Jun 200719 Gardenside Avenue Uddingston
Received 19 Jun 200712 Gavel Grove Lanark ML11 9FE
Received 19 Jun 200719 St Nicholas Road Lanark ML11 7AX
Received 18 Jun 2007Plot 1, Carlisle Road Crawford ML12 6TW
Received 18 Jun 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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