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
30,245 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
119 Braidwood Road Braidwood Carluke ML8 5NU
Received 20 Aug 2009131 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 20 Aug 200987 Drygate Street Larkhall
Received 19 Aug 200942 Church Street Larkhall
Received 19 Aug 200918 Teviot Place Cambuslang
Received 18 Aug 200927 Hume Drive Uddingston
Received 17 Aug 20093 Haltons Path Uddingston
Received 17 Aug 2009Somerfield Store Mill Road Hamilton
Received 17 Aug 2009Former High School Site Lesmahagow ML11 0FE
Received 22 Jun 2009Plot At Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6JT
Received 22 Jun 200917 Braeside Gardens Hamilton ML3 7PN
Received 21 Sept 200991 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 17 Sept 200990 Kirkwall Avenue Blantyre
Received 17 Sept 2009Plot 15 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 16 Sept 200968 Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 16 Sept 200943 Eliot Crescent Hamilton
Received 16 Sept 20097 Markethill Road East Kilbride G74 4AA
Received 14 Sept 20095 Manse Road Lanark ML11 7QD
Received 3 Jun 2009Plot Next To Kilnpotlees Roberton
Received 3 Jun 200943 Kane Place Stonehouse
Received 15 May 2009152 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 15 May 200918 Glen Falloch East Kilbride G74 2JL
Received 7 Apr 2009Vacant Land At Corner Of Shearwater Grove Balgray Road Lesmahagow
Received 13 Jul 2009Bogles Knowe Biggar ML12 6JJ
Received 13 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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