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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Telford Road East Kilbride Glasgow G75 0HZ
Received 11 Aug 201088 Main Street Forth
Received 10 Aug 20102 Nairn Avenue Blantyre G72 9NF
Received 9 Aug 201056 Maple Drive Larkhall ML9 2AR
Received 9 Aug 2010No 1 Cockrig Farm Cottages Cockridge Road Cleghorn ML11 8NU
Received 26 Apr 2010Vacant Land South (Land East) 112 Hagholm Road Cleghorn ML11 7SG
Received 27 Apr 2010The Venue 37 Union Street Larkhall
Received 6 Jul 2010Sainsbury Hamilton Retail Park Douglas Park Lane Hamilton ML3 0DF
Received 5 Jul 201010 Meek Place Cambuslang G72 8LN
Received 25 Jun 2010Burnwynd Farm A723 Strathaven To Hamilton Strathaven ML10 6TY
Received 24 Jun 201032 Waverley Drive Rutherglen G73 3JF
Received 23 Jun 201030 Westburn Farm Road Cambuslang
Received 5 Oct 201019 Wellburn Lane Lesmahagow ML11 0FP
Received 21 Sept 2010Whinny Knowe Haughead Farm Dolphinton EH46 7HJ
Received 21 Sept 201045 Blaeshill Road East Kilbride G75 8PL
Received 28 Jul 20108 Allan Court East Kilbride G75 8BU
Received 26 Jul 2010Turnberry Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Jul 2010Land Adjacent To 61 Muir Street Larkhall
Received 24 Jun 20101 The Glade Larkhall ML9 2JA
Received 18 Aug 2010332 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen G73 2AG
Received 18 Aug 201030 Hamilton Road Bothwell G71 8NA
Received 16 Aug 201030 Lammermoor East Kilbride G74 3SE
Received 3 Aug 2010Nellfield Gardens Braidwood
Received 27 Jul 2010Hillside Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0JS
Received 26 Jul 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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