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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Giffen Place Strathaven ML10 6HE
Received 20 Sept 201026 Bowmore Crescent Thorntonhall East Kilbride G74 5DD
Received 20 Sept 20101 Station Road Elvanfoot ML12 6TG
Received 20 Sept 201055 Lawhill Road Law ML8 5EZ
Received 20 Sept 2010Stobieside House Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QL
Received 20 Sept 2010Stobieside House Drumclog Strathaven ML10 6QL
Received 20 Sept 2010Castlegait House 7 Castlegait Strathaven ML10 6FF
Received 20 Sept 2010Guildhouse Farm Braehead Forth, ML11 8EU
Received 17 Sept 2010Plot 10 Albert Park Braidwood ML8 4RZ
Received 17 Sept 2010Holm Road Crossford
Received 16 Sept 2010Lanark Sewage Treatment Works Kirkfieldbank Brae Lanark
Received 16 Sept 20101 Schiehallion Gilmourton Strathaven ML10 6QF
Received 21 Sept 2010454 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 20 Sept 201010 St Stephens Crescent Rutherglen
Received 20 Sept 2010Pavement North Of Roundabout At Carnwath Road, Carluke ML8 0DF
Received 17 Sept 201019 Sempie Street Hamilton ML3 9JL
Received 22 Jan 2010Land Adjacent To Rodger Place Rutherglen
Received 1 Dec 200962 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen
Received 30 Nov 2009Dalmarnock 275V Substation Baronald Street Rutherglen
Received 30 Nov 2009Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse ML9 3PR
Received 5 Jul 2010High Brownmuir Glassford Strathaven
Received 1 Jul 201024 Vere Road Blackwood ML11 9RS
Received 30 Jun 20103 Young Place Kelvin Ind Est East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0TD
Received 30 Jun 20109 Falkland Park East Kilbride G74 1JD
Received 30 Jun 2010Records 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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