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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
22 Birch Place Cambuslang
Received 10 Jul 2006Cormiston Farm Cormiston Road Biggar ML12 6NS
Received 26 Jun 200626 Westercrofts Gardens Biggar ML12 6EA
Received 26 Jun 20062 Croft Road The Murray Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Jun 2006Oaklands Laigh Netherfield Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 31 Jan 20078 Redwood Crescent Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 30 Jan 2007Craigview Bungalow Heads Of Glassford Strathaven
Received 30 Jan 200725 Orchard Gardens Strathaven
Received 30 Jan 2007Lands At Letham Farm Lesmahagow ML11 0JH
Received 25 Jan 2007Field NS/70910/46239 Whiteshawgate Off A723 Strathaven
Received 30 Jan 200728 Deveron Road East Kilbride
Received 30 Jan 200724 Newton Road Strathaven
Received 30 Jan 200786 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 29 Jan 200732 Glenburn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 29 Jan 2007East Brackenridge Farm Strathaven
Received 29 Jan 20071 Mackenzie Gardens Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 29 Jan 20074 Bankfoot Place Strathaven
Received 29 Jan 20077 Melbourne Green East Kilbride
Received 29 Jan 2007123 Rosebank Drive Cambuslang
Received 29 Jan 200765 Whiteshaw Drive Carluke ML8 5UL
Received 14 Nov 20063 Howes Way Carstairs Junction
Received 14 Aug 20069 Rockhampton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 3 May 2006Ground To North Of Whitemoss House Whitemoss Grove East Kilbride
Received 3 May 200613 Orion Way Cambuslang
Received 8 Aug 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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