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30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 11 May 2009Officers Mess Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark, ML11 9TA
Received 6 May 2009Officers Mess Winston Barracks Hyndford Road Lanark, ML11 9TA
Received 6 May 2009Land Adjoining West Millrigg Farm Millrigg Road Wiston ML12 6HU
Received 6 May 2009Rigside Primary School Muirfoot Road Rigside ML11 9LY
Received 6 May 20096 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell
Received 28 Apr 2009Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 28 Apr 20096 Bartie Gardens Ashgill Larkhall
Received 20 Apr 2009183 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 20 Apr 200925 Clearfield Avenue Hamilton
Received 20 Apr 200921 Langlea Court Cambuslang
Received 1 Jul 200933 Castlechimmins Avenue Cambuslang
Received 30 Jun 200916 Birch Place Cambuslang
Received 23 Apr 2009New Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Apr 200913 Crosshill Drive Burnside
Received 23 Apr 200985 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 22 Jun 2009Unit 8/9 Kingsgate Shopping Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Oct 20088 Morriston Park Drive Cambuslang
Received 9 Oct 200818 Whyte Avenue Cambuslang
Received 8 Oct 2008126 Dukes Road Rutherglen
Received 8 Oct 2008Plover Drive Crosshouse East Kilbride
Received 27 Jul 2009Muirhead Farm Cleghorn ML11 8NY
Received 7 Jul 20097 North Avenue Carluke ML8 5TR
Received 6 Jul 20097 Chestnut Crescent Hamilton
Received 18 Jun 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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