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
30,253 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Friarsfield Road Lanark ML11 9EN
Received 4 May 2010Site Located To South Of Huntlybank House Huntlybank Ravenstruther ML11 7SD
Received 4 May 20106 Glen Clunie East Kilbride
Received 30 Apr 201061 Glen Ogilvie St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 30 Apr 20104 Linden Walk Strathaven
Received 28 Apr 201051 Colinhill Road Strathaven
Received 28 Apr 2010Maplebank 16 Main Street Leadhills, ML12 6XR
Received 23 Mar 2010Land Adjacent To Carlisle Road Ferniegair
Received 26 Apr 201017 Glasgow Road Uddingston G71 7AU
Received 26 Apr 2010Hooves And Paws Equestrian Learning Centre East Hazeldean Farm Stonehouse ML9 3PF
Received 23 Apr 2010Crossgates Plantation Old Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4HW
Received 23 Apr 20103 Manse Brae Dalserf
Received 2 Dec 20093 Crawfurd Gardens Rutherglen
Received 23 Feb 2010440 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 23 Feb 201014 Ladyacre Road Lanark ML11 7LQ
Received 8 Mar 2010The Camb 4 Coulter Road Biggar ML12 6EP
Received 1 Mar 2010Iceland Foods Ltd 12 - 16 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride G74 1JU
Received 26 Oct 20092 Ballantrae East Kilbride G74 4TZ
Received 26 Oct 200936 Southfield Road Blackwood
Received 20 Oct 2009Victoria Park School Market Road Carluke ML8 4BE
Received 16 Oct 2009Avonvalley Equestrian Centre Sandford Road Sandford
Received 21 Jul 201067 Kane Place Stonehouse
Received 21 Jul 201081 Mount Cameron Drive North St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2ER
Received 21 Jul 2010Coca Cola Enterprises 52 Milton Road College Milton Industrial Estate East Kilbride G74 5BU
Received 16 Jul 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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