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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 6 Jun 200613 Hamlet Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 18 May 20066 Fulmar Park Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 18 May 200667 Biggar Road Symington
Received 10 May 200682 Main Street Douglas
Received 10 May 20066 Main Street Douglas
Received 10 May 2006Whitfield Cottages Mauldslie Road Carluke
Received 10 May 2006NO2 Holding Stonebyres
Received 28 Apr 200611 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 3 Jul 20069 Limekilnburn Road Quarter Hamilton
Received 3 Jul 20067 Willowbank Larkhall
Received 21 Apr 200685 Wordsworth Way Bothwell
Received 21 Apr 20068 Dunsyre Road Newbigging ML11 8NA
Received 6 Sept 200654 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen
Received 6 Sept 200620 Glen Turret East Kilbride
Received 25 May 2006PC World Howard Avenue/Mavor Road East Kilbride
Received 25 May 2006The Mews East Overton Strathaven
Received 25 May 2006Netherwood New Kayes Road Auchenheath
Received 22 May 200664 Main Street (2/2) Douglas
Received 22 May 2006Hozier House 129 Hyndford Road Lanark
Received 22 May 200677A Lanark Road Carstairs Village ML11 8QQ
Received 22 May 2006Carluke Primary School Belstane Road Carluke
Received 21 Apr 2006Plot 3 Muirhall Steadings Auchengray Road Auchengray
Received 16 Aug 200631 Kirkton Street Carluke
Received 9 Nov 2005Records 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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