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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2-18 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 20 Aug 201026 St Leonards Square St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 19 Aug 201024 Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 18 Aug 2010200 East Kilbride Road East Kilbride Glasgow G76 8RS
Received 13 Aug 2010New Douglas Park Cadzow Avenue Hamilton ML3 0FT
Received 9 Mar 2010Craigbank Road Larkhall
Received 3 Mar 20104 School Road Carmichael ML12 6PG
Received 22 Jan 2010Carluke Waste Water Treatment Works Carluke
Received 22 Jan 2010Mill Road Hamilton ML3 8AA
Received 30 Dec 20092 Clydevale Bothwell G71 8UL
Received 16 Nov 20091 Glebe Avenue Bothwell G71 8AA
Received 16 Nov 20095 Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 11 Nov 20091 Barrack Street Second Floor Hamilton
Received 11 Nov 20092 Cherryhill View Larkhall
Received 11 Nov 200939 Tiree East Kilbride G74 2DR
Received 10 Nov 200995 Bent Road Hamilton
Received 26 Oct 2009Avonbridge 52 Carlisle Road Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 19 Oct 200914 Montgomery Street East Kilbride
Received 2 Oct 200914 Montgomery Street East Kilbride
Received 2 Oct 2009South Lanarkshire College College Way East Kilbride
Received 2 Oct 2009Whistleberry Road Hamilton ML3 0EJ
Received 28 Sept 2010Plot At Junction Of Heather Road And Ladywell Road Nemphlar
Received 14 Oct 20104 St James Avenue East Kilbride G74
Received 11 Oct 2010Hillhouse Road/Argyle Crescent Hamilton
Received 3 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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