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30,248 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lands Adjacent To Bamflatt Farm Stonehouse Road Strathaven ML10 6TA
Received 18 May 200914 Cameron Drive Strathaven ML10 6ED
Received 18 May 200939 Tiree East Kilbride G74 2DR
Received 11 May 20095 Robertson Close Kirkmuirhill ML11 9YY
Received 20 Mar 200911 Bellfield Road Coalburn ML11 0LA
Received 11 Aug 200931 Overton Road Strathaven
Received 12 Jun 20092 Markethill Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 2009Wyndales House Hotel House Wood Site Symington ML12 6JU
Received 9 Jun 200923 Woodlands Avenue Lanark ML11 9FF
Received 9 Jun 200912C Lawhill Road Law ML8 5JQ
Received 9 Jun 200919 Albert Park (Plot 15) Braidwood ML8 4RZ
Received 9 Jun 2009Plot 1 Mungo Park East Kilbride G75 0AS
Received 19 May 200926 Church Street Larkhall
Received 13 May 20092 Aspen Place Strathaven ML10 6PY
Received 11 Feb 2008Plot 60, 78 Bute Road Cathkin
Received 6 Apr 200925 George Mann Terrace Rutherglen
Received 29 Jul 200974 Fleming Way Hamilton
Received 7 Aug 200922 Stirling Drive Hamilton
Received 6 Aug 200959 Hill Street Hamilton
Received 4 Aug 20091 Fernhill Grange Bothwell
Received 4 Aug 200956 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang
Received 2 Jul 2009South Of Carluke Railway Station Station Road Carluke ML8 5AD
Received 7 Aug 2009The Meadows Waterside ML11 0HL
Received 3 Aug 200923 Loch Park Avenue Carluke ML8 5AS
Received 31 Jul 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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