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
30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Fraoch House Northfield Blackwood ML11 0JE
Received 15 Oct 2008Citroen Verve Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 15 Oct 200841 Pitcairn Crescent East Kilbride
Received 9 Oct 200824 Cochrane Street Strathaven
Received 7 Oct 20084 Whiteshaw View Strathaven
Received 7 Oct 20082 Elm Way Larkhall
Received 14 Oct 2008McKenzie Hairdressers 12 New Street Stonehouse
Received 14 Oct 20089 Deep Dale East Kilbride
Received 30 Sept 200832 Campsie Road East Kilbride G75 9GE
Received 30 Sept 200834 Stirling Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Sept 200852 - 58 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 1 Sept 20085 Fife Crescent Bothwell
Received 22 Aug 20082ND Floor Flat (Right) 79 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 22 Aug 20085A Summerhill Avenue Larkhall
Received 22 Aug 200825 Fergus Gardens Hamilton
Received 7 Aug 2008116 Kirkwall Avenue Blantyre
Received 7 Aug 200827 Olifard Avenue Bothwell
Received 7 Aug 20084 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 30 Jul 200833 Brora Crescent Hamilton
Received 24 Jul 2008Viewfield Cottage Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 24 Jul 200818 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston
Received 24 Jul 200872 Meadows Avenue Larkhall
Received 24 Jul 2008Carstairs Mains Farm Carstairs ML11 8QP
Received 27 Jun 2008Shieldhill Hall Shieldhill Road Quothquan, ML12 6NA
Received 27 Jun 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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