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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Broomieknowe Gardens Rutherglen
Received 2 Jun 20101 Brandon Gardens Cambuslang G72 8AQ
Received 2 Jun 2010Broomhouse Farm Auchentibber Blantyre G72 0TP
Received 1 Jun 2010Southfield Hotel 75 Carlisle Road Blackwood ML11 9RZ
Received 1 Jun 201023 Glasgow Road Blantyre G72 0LA
Received 1 Jun 2010111 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang G72 8DH
Received 28 May 2010Land At Gilbertfield Farm Gilbertfield Road Cambuslang
Received 25 May 201040 Burnside View East Kilbride Glasgow G75 9FZ
Received 25 May 20102 Richmond Drive Rutherglen G73 3JH
Received 25 May 2010Land At Black Dod , South East Of Camps Reservoir Crawford ML12 6UD
Received 11 May 2010Ponfeigh Bungalow Sandilands Road Sandilands ML11 9UA
Received 11 May 2010Land At Dod Hill North East Of Camps Reservoir Crawford ML12 6UD
Received 11 May 20102/4 Field Road Larkhall ML9 2LE
Received 7 May 2010Blawhill 9 Viewpark Road Biggar ML12 6BG
Received 7 May 20104 Park Place Lanark ML11 9HH
Received 7 May 2010Glentaggart Surface Mine Glespin ML11 0SJ
Received 30 Apr 2010Auchren Farm Devonburn Road Lesmahagow ML11 9PU
Received 23 Apr 2010115 Carlisle Road Abington
Received 20 Apr 201034 Stanmore Avenue Lanark ML11 7HB
Received 20 Apr 20109 Cathcart Place Rutherglen
Received 15 Apr 201022 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride G75 0RY
Received 13 Apr 201050 Chalmers Drive Murray East Kilbride G75 0NY
Received 13 Apr 201017 Allendale Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4JD
Received 13 Apr 2010267-273 Montford Avenue Rutherglen
Received 12 Apr 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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