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30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 2 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Toftcombs Avenue Stonehouse
Received 1 May 200924 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell
Received 14 Sept 200910 School Lane Cambuslang
Received 17 Sept 20093 Windmill Road Hamilton
Received 8 Sept 20094 Glebe Wynd Bothwell
Received 9 Sept 200917 Raeburn Crescent Hamilton
Received 16 Jul 2009Land To South East Of Boghall Road Carluke
Received 29 Jul 200963 Backmuir Road Hamilton
Received 28 May 20095 Holmhills Gardens Cambuslang
Received 6 May 20091 Linnbank Kirkfieldbank ML11 9GB
Received 30 Mar 200934 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 30 Mar 200952 High Street Biggar ML12 6BS
Received 30 Mar 20092 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 4 Sept 200916 Kintyre Wynd Carluke ML8 5RW
Received 21 Aug 200919 Greenfield Road Carluke ML8 5DA
Received 21 Aug 200946 Westfarm Crescent Cambuslang
Received 19 Jun 2009Plot B Land To West Of Broadwood Gilkerscleugh Abington ML12 6SQ
Received 29 May 2009Braeside The Pleasance Kirkfieldbank ML11 9TG
Received 17 Jun 2009135 St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7DT
Received 17 Jun 2009Southwood Farm Abington ML12 6RW
Received 17 Jun 2009Threepwoodbank Crossford ML8 5QF
Received 17 Jun 2009Kypeside Fishery Lesmahagow
Received 5 Jun 200918 Whitefield Avenue Cambuslang
Received 19 May 2009Thornton Grange (Formerly Bogton Farm) Peel Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 18 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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