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30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
UNIT4 1 Glebe Street East Kilbride
Received 10 Sept 200916 Orlando East Kilbride
Received 10 Sept 20091 Inch Keith East Kilbride G74 2JZ
Received 10 Sept 20098 Linden Walk Strathaven
Received 10 Sept 200927 East Greenlees Crescent Cambuslang
Received 28 Aug 2009New Station House Auchengray Carnwath ML11 8LW
Received 28 Aug 20096 Lawhill Road Law ML8 5JQ
Received 27 Aug 20095 Gilroy Close Lanark ML11 7JN
Received 27 Aug 2009Dunedin Recreation Area Accessed From St Vincent Place East Kilbride
Received 27 Aug 20092 Threestanes Road Strathaven
Received 27 Aug 20091 Marquis Gate Bothwell G71 7HY
Received 27 Aug 200912 Linden Walk Strathaven
Received 27 Aug 2009Beechwood House Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 27 Aug 200993 Colonsay East Kilbride
Received 27 Aug 2009Mountview Caravan Park Abington ML12 6RW
Received 26 Aug 2009Shaw Park Field Dolphinton West Linton EH46 7AB
Received 27 Aug 200914 Summerlee Road Larkhall
Received 14 Aug 200920 Carrick Gardens Hamilton
Received 14 Aug 200931 Langlea Drive Cambuslang
Received 10 Aug 200923 Bressay Stewartfield East Kilbride G74 4RZ
Received 10 Aug 20097 Brigside Gardens Hamilton
Received 17 Jun 2009Unit 1 Pollock Lane Calderwood Square East Kilbride
Received 11 Nov 2008Aftonlea High Kype Road Sandford Strathaven ML10 6PW
Received 11 Nov 200818 Loch Maree East Kilbride
Received 11 Nov 2008Records 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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