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30,250 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Quarry Cottage Chapelton ML10 6SJ
Received 16 Apr 2010Woodmont Bishops Park Thorntonhall G74 5AF
Received 16 Apr 2010Vacant Land At Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride G74 3ED
Received 16 Apr 2010The Old Byre Whiteshawgate Farm Whiteshawgate Highway Strathaven ML10 6SY
Received 16 Apr 20106 Glebe Avenue Bothwell G71 8AA
Received 31 Mar 201010 Annfield Gardens Blantyre
Received 31 Mar 20109 Limekilnburn Road Quarter ML3 7XA
Received 31 Mar 2010East Hyndshawland Cottage Elsrickle ML12 6RD
Received 17 Mar 201035 Beech Crescent Cambuslang
Received 20 Jan 2010109 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 20 Jan 201051 Polden Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 17 Dec 200923 Torrance Wynd East Kilbride
Received 17 Dec 200918 Tynwald Avenue Rutherglen G73 4RN
Received 14 Dec 200915 Westercrofts Biggar ML12 6DX
Received 2 Dec 200937 Eastwood Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0AG
Received 2 Dec 2009Jeanfield Farm Jeanfield Road Carnwath ML11 8LJ
Received 30 Nov 2009Pentland Edge Dolphinton
Received 26 Nov 20093 Holm Road Crossford ML3 5RJ
Received 12 Nov 2009Land Next To Bothwell Primary School Blantyre Road Bothwell
Received 1 Sept 200983 Bourtree Road Hamilton
Received 2 Jun 200941 Quantock Drive East Kilbride Glasgow G75 9GU
Received 14 Jun 2010East Kilbride Golf Club Chapelside Road East Kilbride Glasgow G74 4PH
Received 14 Jun 2010181 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3DX
Received 14 Jun 2010181 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow G74 3DX
Received 14 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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