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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
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Received 1 Jun 20092D Campsie View Hamilton
Received 1 Jun 200958 Dryburgh Avenue Rutherglen
Received 1 May 200919 Tweed Street East Kilbride G75 8PH
Received 22 Apr 20097 Inch Garvie East Kilbride G74 2JY
Received 16 Apr 200988 Meadows Avenue Larkhall
Received 31 Jul 2009Rosebank Garden Centre Lanark Road Rosebank By Carluke
Received 17 Jul 200910 Clydeneuk Drive Uddingston
Received 17 Jul 20096 Hopetoun Place Leadhills
Received 6 Jul 2009Plots 1 And 2 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0LD
Received 6 Jul 2009Bankhead Boarding Kennels Biggar Road Carnwath ML11 8LU
Received 6 Jul 2009Plots Nos 11 & 12 Bell Grove Off Waterlands Road Law ML8 5EX
Received 6 Jul 20092 Beechwood Court Lanark
Received 6 Jul 200934 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 7RJ
Received 6 Jul 2009114 Elder Crescent Cambuslang
Received 25 Jun 20092 Tuphall Road Hamilton ML3 6TA
Received 9 Jun 201012 Kent Drive Rutherglen G73 5AP
Received 9 Jun 201013 Baronald Street Rutherglen G73 1AF
Received 9 Jun 20102 Burnside Road Rutherglen
Received 9 Jun 201036 Broompark Drive (Plot 24) Lesmahagow
Received 8 Jul 2009Whistleberry Park Whistleberry Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 2 Jul 200910 Glenview Larkhall
Received 2 Jul 200919 Kylepark Avenue Uddingston
Received 2 Jul 200956 Richmond Drive Rutherglen
Received 26 May 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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