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30,249 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Robert Smillie Memorial Primary School Glen Avenue Larkhall
Received 8 May 20095 Gibb Court Stonehouse
Received 8 May 2009107 Burnblea Street Hamilton
Received 8 May 20091 Fenwick Drive Hamilton
Received 8 May 20097 Firlee East Kilbride
Received 28 Apr 20099 Knights Gate Bothwell
Received 8 Apr 200912 Kilwinning Crescent Hamilton
Received 8 Apr 200918 Menteith Place Rutherglen
Received 6 Apr 20099 Douglas Drive Bothwell
Received 15 Oct 2008137 Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 9 Sept 2008Unit 2, 43 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 24 Oct 200818 Douglas Street Strathaven
Received 15 Sept 2008Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 22 Sept 200840 Sidehead Road Stonehouse
Received 18 Feb 2008Block 4, Unit 2 Fullwood Industrial Estate Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 9 May 200825 Glen Shee Gardens Carluke ML8 4RR
Received 24 Mar 2009Mauldslie Cottage Mauldslie Road Carluke
Received 24 Mar 20092 Glenlyon Court Hamilton
Received 22 Sept 200921 Markethill Road East Kilbride G74 4AA
Received 22 Sept 2009233 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 22 Sept 2009Blacklaw Moss Forest By Forth
Received 21 Sept 200996 Lawhill Road Law ML8 5EZ
Received 21 Sept 200997 Station Road Carluke
Received 21 Sept 2009171E Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JR
Received 18 Sept 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage