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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harleyholm Farm Carmichael
Received 26 Jul 2010Dunkeld House 36 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 8 Mar 2010New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 0EH
Received 5 Mar 20105 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell G71 8AW
Received 27 Nov 2009South Lanarkshire Diy And Building Supplies Canderside Industrial Estate Carlisle Road Larkhall ML9 2TP
Received 26 Nov 2009Stonehouse Waste Water Treatment Works Candermill Road Stonehouse
Received 20 Nov 2009107 Mote Hill Hamilton ML3 6EA
Received 20 Nov 200983 Coalburn Road Coalburn ML11 0LU
Received 13 Nov 2009Land Occupied By Larkhall Football Club Larkhall Bowling Club (Part Of) And 75-77 Raploch Street Larkhall
Received 9 Nov 2009Plot 106 Bogton Farm East Kilbride
Received 16 Oct 20095 Kelvin Court East Kilbride
Received 16 Oct 20096 Millburn Way East Kilbride G75 8EB
Received 29 Sept 2009East Kilbride Bowling Club 10 Maxwell Drive East Kilbride G74 4HG
Received 29 Sept 2009Wester Kittochside Farm Kittochside Road East Kilbride G76 9ER
Received 29 Sept 200911 Westport East Kilbride G75 8QR
Received 29 Sept 200923 Aitken Road Hamilton ML3 7YA
Received 13 Apr 201018 Castledyke View Carstairs ML11 8ST
Received 2 Mar 20101 Loch Torridon East Kilbride G74 2EU
Received 12 Feb 20106 Castlegait Strathaven ML10 6FF
Received 12 Feb 201045 Simpson Drive East Kilbride G75 0AU
Received 22 Dec 2009Stockbriggs Lesmahagow
Received 12 Oct 2009Dippool Farm Carnwath ML11 8LJ
Received 13 Oct 2009Bellefield Road Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 13 Oct 200934 Strath Peffer Law ML8 5SQ
Received 12 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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