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
30,251 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Carlton Bingo Club 11 Southgate Centre East Kilbride G74 1LT
Received 5 May 2009B&Q Warehouse Mavor Avenue Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 4QX
Received 5 May 2009Scottish Mid Waterside Street Strathaven ML10 6AW
Received 5 May 200915 Dalmellington Court Hamilton
Received 4 Mar 20095A Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 28 Apr 200942 Skylands Rise Torhead Farm Hamilton
Received 27 Apr 2009Site To The North Of The Rosti Factory Off Middleton Avenue Strutherhill Industrial Estate Larkhall
Received 9 Apr 200979 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 9 Apr 2009The Ranch Public House 2 Duke Street Larkhall
Received 9 Apr 2009124 Kirkton Avenue Blantyre
Received 21 Apr 200916 Gardenside Street Uddingston
Received 21 Apr 2009Eleganza 4/8 Duke Street Hamilton
Received 21 Apr 2009Units 2/6 Hamilton Retail Park Clydesdale Street/New Park Street Hamilton
Received 21 Apr 20097 Morriston Park Drive Cambuslang
Received 25 Aug 201011 Mackintosh Court Cambuslang Glasgow G72 8SR
Received 16 Aug 2010Fishescoates Service Station East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 16 Aug 2010Plot 16 17 Albert Park Braidwood ML8 4RZ
Received 24 Jun 2010Kai Xin Chinese Restaurant 173 Main Street Rutherglen G73 2HF
Received 28 Jul 201074 Limeside Avenue Rutherglen G73 3PW
Received 28 Jul 20101 Crosslaw Avenue Lanark
Received 13 May 201016 Castleknowe Gardens Carluke ML8 5UX
Received 13 May 2010Existing Vodafone Base Station Blairbeth Road Burnside G73 4LT
Received 30 Apr 201029 Regent Way Regent Centre Hamilton ML3 7EF
Received 29 Apr 201029 Regent Way Hamilton
Received 29 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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