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
30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Corbiehall Terrace Ravenstruther ML11 8NW
Received 5 May 2009Polkelly Cottage Polkelly West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 5 May 2009Meikle Dripps Farm Waterfoot Road Thorntonhall Glasgow G74 5AD
Received 27 Apr 2009Chapelton Primary School Glasgow Road Chapelton ML10 6RS
Received 27 Apr 20098 Janefield Place Blantyre
Received 14 Apr 200943 Andrew Baxter Avenue Shawsburn
Received 14 Apr 200967 Skylands Rise Hamilton
Received 14 Apr 20092 Sneddon Terrace Hamilton
Received 14 Apr 2009243 Alberta Avenue East Kilbride G75 8HX
Received 7 Aug 2009Glentaggart Surface Mine Glespin South Lanarkshire ML11 0SJ
Received 30 Jul 2009Larkhall Health Centre Low Pleasance Larkhall
Received 30 Jul 20093 Lilac Hill Hamilton ML3 7HG
Received 11 Oct 20101 Hunters Grove Calderwood East Kilbride G74 3HZ
Received 5 Oct 2010176 Kirktonholme Road East Kilbride G74 1DY
Received 5 Oct 201089 Pegasus Avenue Carluke
Received 13 Aug 2010Carradale Townhead Farm Boghead
Received 13 Aug 2010Townhead Garage Main Street Carnwath
Received 16 Jun 201017 Cairnryan Crescent Blantyre G72 0JJ
Received 2 Aug 2010The Old Oak 157 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 25 Jan 2010The Old Oak 157 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 25 Jan 2010Isolated Location Adjacent A702 North Of Biggar
Received 19 Jan 201012 Westbank Holdings Ravenstruther ML11 8NL
Received 15 Dec 2009Stonelaw Towers Service Station Stonelaw Road Rutherglen
Received 10 Aug 20091 Colville Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 Dec 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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