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30,253 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Boghall Farm Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 21 Jul 20102 Russell Street Hamilton
Received 6 Nov 20095 Westhouse Gardens Rutherglen
Received 20 Oct 200948 Richmond Drive Rutherglen
Received 20 Oct 2009143 Brankholm Brae Hamilton ML3 9QP
Received 15 Jun 2010West Coldstream Farm Yieldshields Carluke ML8 4QX
Received 14 Jun 20104 Wisteria Lane Carluke ML8 5TB
Received 14 Jun 2010Land Off Bushelhead Road Braidwood
Received 14 Jun 201053 Shiel Drive Larkhall ML9 2TJ
Received 11 Jun 201013 Auchintibber Court Blantyre G72 0YW
Received 11 Jun 201034 Burnblea Street Hamilton
Received 18 May 200926 Austine Drive Hamilton
Received 18 May 200936 Sutherland Street Blantyre
Received 26 Mar 2009STREET RECORD Rivendell Park Douglas Lanark South Lanarkshire
Received 29 Jun 2009Red Moss Hotel Carlisle Road Crawfordjohn ML12 6SX
Received 29 Jun 20092 Hayward Avenue Carluke ML8 4LQ
Received 29 Jun 2009Moatyett Farm Hawksland Road ML11 9PY
Received 29 Jun 200911 Old Bridgend Carluke ML8 4HN
Received 29 Jun 200921 Woodburn Avenue Blantyre
Received 26 Jun 200934 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 26 Jun 2009Plot 6 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 16 Oct 200949 Grant Court Hamilton
Received 16 Oct 2009Former Mauldslie Castle Nurseries Mauldslie Estate Mauldslie Road Carluke
Received 6 Oct 20098 Low Quarry Gardens Hamilton
Received 1 Jun 2009Records 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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