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
30,250 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 20 Apr 200955 Ewing Street Rutherglen
Received 27 Mar 2009High Blackwood Yards Farm Lesmahagow
Received 26 Mar 2009Tillietudlem Inn 14-16 Lanark Road Crossford
Received 26 Mar 2009Birch Lodge Crossclyde View Crossford
Received 26 Mar 20093 Stanmore Crescent Lanark ML11 7DF
Received 26 Mar 2009Uddingston Baptist Church Bellshill Road Uddingston
Received 3 Aug 200963 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 29 Jul 2009Hamilton Bridge Club 121 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 29 Jul 2009106 Machan Road Larkhall
Received 29 Jul 200912 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 29 Jul 200927 Main Street East Kilbride G74 4JU
Received 28 Jul 200910 Merkland Way East Kilbride G75 9NH
Received 28 Jul 2009Hamilton Baptist Church 25 Kemp Street Hamilton
Received 24 Jul 2009Former Farm Park Site Clyde Valley Lanark Road Dalserf ML9 3BJ
Received 2 Dec 2009The Paddock Biggar Road Symington, ML12 6LQ
Received 22 Sept 2009152 Brownside Road Rutherglen G73 5AZ
Received 29 Oct 201072 Main Street Blantyre G72 0XG
Received 27 Oct 20104 Loch Avenue Carluke ML8 5PB
Received 13 Oct 2010Snabe Quarry Drumclog South Lanarkshire ML10 6QF
Received 23 Sept 201020 Lytham Meadows Bothwell G71 8ED
Received 29 Sept 2010The Paddock Biggar Road Symington ML12 6LQ
Received 24 Sept 2010South Netherburn Farm Netherburn ML9 3DG
Received 17 Sept 2010Olrig 11 Bog Road Braehead ML11 8EX
Received 9 Sept 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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