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
30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wyndale Wall Garden Symington ML12
Received 21 Jul 2006Site At Church Lane Wiston
Received 21 Jul 2006Southfield Stables Southfield Road Blackwood
Received 24 Jul 2006Plot Adjacent To Backbrae Cottage Backbrae Braehead ML11 8EU
Received 3 Jul 2006Land At Corner Of Gateside Road & Brownhill Avenue Douglas
Received 3 Jul 200610 Westend Court Law ML8 5JL
Received 3 Jul 200610 Addison Gardens Douglas ML11 0PW
Received 3 Jul 200632 Douglas Street Carluke
Received 3 Jul 2006109 North Vennel Lanark ML11 7PA
Received 6 Feb 2007House No 3 Ampherlaw Auchengray ML11 8LH
Received 6 Feb 2007Kingsgate Shopping Park Glasgow Road East Kilbride G74 4UN
Received 2 Feb 2007Vacant Land Stephen Avenue Biggar
Received 1 Feb 200793 Montrose Crescent Hamilton
Received 23 Jun 200613 Marshall Grove Hamilton
Received 15 Jun 2006Abbey National Plc 118 - 122 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 15 Jun 2006Cot Castle Caravan Site Strathaven Road Stonehouse Larkhall
Received 15 Jun 2006Blakeleys Bar 1 Broompark Road Blantyre
Received 15 Jun 200638 Brora Crescent Hamilton
Received 15 Jun 200652 Cathcart Road Rutherglen
Received 15 May 2006Block 2 First Road Blantyre Ind Estate Blantyre
Received 10 May 20061 Summerhill Avenue Larkhall
Received 30 Jun 200663 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre
Received 30 Jun 200650 Ashburn Loan Larkhall
Received 30 Jun 20061 Fortrose Court Blantyre
Received 30 Jun 2006Records 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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