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
30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
52 Drygate Street Larkhall ML9 2DA
Received 21 Oct 200965 Kane Place Stonehouse ML9 3NR
Received 21 Oct 20093 Loancroft Gardens Uddingston
Received 30 Sept 200942 Shiel Drive Larkhall
Received 30 Sept 2009Springfield Cleghorn ML11
Received 4 Aug 201029 Harlequin Court Hamilton ML3 8SW
Received 2 Aug 2010Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton
Received 2 Aug 20104 Westerhouse Court Carluke
Received 26 Jul 2010South Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 25 Jun 2010Plot 13 George Paul Road Carnwath
Received 26 May 20106 South Back Road Biggar ML12 6AI
Received 26 May 2010The Bothy Westeryardhouses Carnwath , ML11 8LH
Received 26 Apr 2010Blackwood Primary School Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill, ML11 9SB
Received 26 Apr 20101 Mousebank Lane Lanark ML11 7PP
Received 26 Apr 2010Lawmuir Road Garage Law ML8 5JB
Received 27 Jan 2010Unit 6 Albion Way Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride G75 0YN
Received 26 Jan 20107 Hunters Grove East Kilbride G74 3HZ
Received 26 Jan 2010Land Between Blackswell Lane And Staneacre Park Hamilton
Received 21 Jan 201025 Mary Street Hamilton
Received 21 Jan 2010Over Stockbriggs Cumberhead Lesmahagow, ML11 0HN
Received 20 Jan 2010101 Stanmore Road Lanark
Received 20 Jan 2010Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse Larkhall South Lanarkshire ML9 3PR
Received 30 Dec 2009Bothwellbank Waste Water Treatment Works Clyde Avenue Bothwell
Received 3 Dec 2009Winston Mews Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 23 Nov 2009Records 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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