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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Abbey National Plc 118 - 122 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 30 Jun 20069 Hamilton Drive Bothwell
Received 25 Apr 200671 Brackenhill Drive Hamilton
Received 25 Apr 200631 Bryce Gardens Larkhall
Received 25 Apr 20061 Low Quarry Gardens Hamilton
Received 25 Apr 2006Auchinraith Nurseries Ltd Whistleberry Road Hamilton
Received 25 Apr 2006The New Farm Brewers Fayre Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Jun 2006The Crooked Lum Beefeater The Murray Roundabout Brunel Way East Kilbride
Received 13 Jun 2006High Coldstream House Strathaven
Received 3 Jul 200617 Drumloch Gardens East Kilbride G75 0UT
Received 3 Jul 200663 Burnbank Road Hamilton
Received 3 Jul 2006Land To South Of Brocketsbrae Road Brocketsbrae
Received 8 Feb 200715 St. Ronans Drive Rutherglen
Received 8 Feb 2007Plot 54 East Mains Stonehouse
Received 6 Feb 200763 Gateside Crawfordjohn ML12 6SL
Received 6 Feb 200766 Brown Street Carluke
Received 6 Feb 2007South Hill Of Dripps Farm Peel Road Thorntonhall
Received 4 Jul 2006High Drumclog Cottage Strathaven
Received 28 Jun 200612 Burnet Rose Gardens East Kilbride
Received 28 Jun 2006Andershaw Farm Glespin ML11 0SQ
Received 21 Jul 2006The Castle Tavern 4 Todshill Street Strathaven
Received 6 Jun 2006Headspoint Nursery Braidwood ML8 5PL
Received 18 Oct 20061 Newlands Cottage Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 31 Jan 20078 Bent View Netherburn
Received 1 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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