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30,244 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,214 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
61 Swinhill Road Canderside Larkhall
Received 18 Jun 2009Junction Of Townhill Road/Brankholme Brae Hamilton
Received 18 Jun 2009Stonehouse Hospital Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 10 Jun 200960 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 16 Mar 200952 Turnberry Place East Kilbride
Received 14 May 20094 Kent Place East Kilbride
Received 14 May 200956 Simpson Drive Murray East Kilbride
Received 14 May 2009Riverside Service Station Milton Lesmahagow
Received 30 Apr 200911 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang
Received 28 Apr 2009Morrisons St Vincent Place Lanark ML11 7LA
Received 27 Apr 2009Lanark Memorial Hall And Site Of Cargill Social Club St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 24 Apr 2009Lanark Memorial Hall St Leonard Street Lanark ML11 7AB
Received 27 Apr 200960 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 23 Jun 200877 Kirkton Avenue Blantyre
Received 9 Jul 200853 Ramsay Road Leadhills ML12 6YA
Received 3 Jul 200814 Golf View Strathaven
Received 2 Jul 2008127 Leeward Circle East Kilbride
Received 2 Jul 2008304 Main Street High Blantyre
Received 26 Jun 20087 Crossbow Gardens Blantyre
Received 27 Oct 200820 Juniper Drive Hamilton
Received 28 Oct 200825 Common Green Strathaven ML10 6AQ
Received 21 Oct 20081 Flemington Avenue Strathaven
Received 21 Oct 2008Vacant Land At Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride G74 3ED
Received 21 Oct 200855 Colonsay East Kilbride
Received 20 Oct 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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