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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
2 Milton Park Square Lesmahagow ML11 0DR
Received 28 Oct 2010193 Mill Road Hamilton ML3 8PEU
Received 28 Oct 2010Plot - Garden Area Behind No 6 Lesmahagow Road Boghead Lesmahagow
Received 28 Oct 2010Corner Of Wilson Street And Firbank Avenue Larkhall
Received 27 Oct 201064 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3JU
Received 27 Oct 201012 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang G72 7RQ
Received 27 Oct 20105 Greenlees Road Cambuslang G72 8JA
Received 27 Oct 201050 Rosslyn Road Ashgill ML9 3AT
Received 25 Oct 201014 Muirkirk Drive Hamilton
Received 25 Oct 201026 Wellburn Lane Lesmahagow ML11 0FP
Received 20 Oct 2010138 Stewart Street Carluke ML8 5BY
Received 22 Sept 2010Unit 1 New Park Street Hamilton Retail Park Hamilton
Received 15 Jul 2010Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9TA
Received 16 Jul 2010Cairngryffe Street Pettinain
Received 15 Jul 2010Milton Lockhart Estate Carluke ML8 5PZ
Received 15 Jul 2010Asda 171 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0AQ
Received 14 Jul 201016 Jedburgh Place East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4EH
Received 12 Jul 201037 Grieve Croft Silverwood Bothwell G71 8LU
Received 13 Nov 20091 Fernhill Grange Bothwell G71 8SH
Received 13 Nov 2009110 Andrew Paton Way Hamilton ML3 0GB
Received 13 Nov 2009Greenhills Road/ Lickprivick Road Roundabout East Kilbride
Received 9 Oct 2009Strathaven Road/ Greenhills Road East Kilbride
Received 9 Oct 2009East Mains Road/ Markethill Road Roundabout East Kilbride
Received 9 Oct 2009East Mains Road/ Mavor Avenue Roundabout East Kilbride
Received 9 Oct 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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