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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
281 Main Street High Blantyre
Received 7 Nov 200616 Braeside Gardens Hamilton
Received 7 Nov 2006227 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 7 Nov 2006Leadhills Miners Library Main Street Leadhills, ML12 6XR
Received 22 Sept 200626A Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 22 Sept 2006Moorlands Adjacent To Proposed Pates Hill Wind Farm Near Woolfords
Received 12 Feb 2007Kersewell Road Kaimend
Received 12 Feb 20074 Dunlop Court Hamilton
Received 9 Feb 200727 Torwood Brae Hamilton
Received 28 Jul 200657 Afton Gardens Blantyre
Received 28 Jul 200623 Gloucester Avenue Rutherglen
Received 27 Jul 200617 Whiteford Court Hamilton
Received 20 Jul 20061 Shelley Drive Bothwell
Received 20 Jul 20062A Campsie View Hamilton
Received 20 Jul 20062 Baltersan Gardens Quarter Hamilton
Received 20 Jul 2006Icm Computers Unit B, Technology Avenue Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 5 Jul 2006The Surgery 53 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 5 Jul 20061 Mitchell Knowe Biggar ML12 6DB
Received 22 May 2006The Italian Garden House Orchard House Crossford ML8 5PY
Received 22 May 20063A South Park Road Hamilton
Received 9 May 200613C Belleisle Avenue Uddingston
Received 9 May 2006Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 9 May 20069 Fraser Avenue Rutherglen
Received 5 Sept 20066 Muirbank Gardens Rutherglen
Received 4 Sept 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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