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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Mulberry Wynd Cambuslang
Received 26 May 2009142 Glenfruin Road Blantyre
Received 11 Aug 200941 Flinders Place East Kilbride G75 8EZ
Received 24 Jul 200914 Bushelhead Road Carluke ML8 5NA
Received 23 Jul 2009Birch Lodge Crossclyde View Crossford
Received 23 Jul 200913 Braehead Avenue Larkhall ML9 1AR
Received 22 Jul 200910 Penrith Place Newlandsmuir East Kilbride
Received 22 Jul 2009East Drumloch Farm Hamilton
Received 21 Jul 200982 Portland Place Hamilton
Received 16 Jul 20094 Carradale Gardens Carluke ML8 4LU
Received 26 May 2009109 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PA
Received 26 May 20092 Bay Willow Court Cambuslang
Received 12 May 200914 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 12 May 2009Park Lane/Station Road Blantyre
Received 22 Apr 200910 Harlequin Court Hamilton
Received 22 Apr 200932 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 21 Apr 200956 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 21 Apr 200912 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang
Received 21 Apr 200952 Bertram Street Hamilton
Received 5 May 2009Wester Walston Cottage Dunsyre
Received 7 Jul 2010Residential Development Junction Of Townhill Road/Brankholme Brae Hamilton
Received 7 Jul 20104 Hutchison Street Hamilton ML3
Received 7 Jul 201025 Rose Crescent Hamilton ML3 9NF
Received 7 Jul 201023 Burnhead Road Larkhall ML9 2EJ
Received 5 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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