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30,218 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Strathallan Avenue East Kilbride
Received 7 Jun 20067 Argyll Place East Kilbride G74 3EX
Received 7 Jun 200665 Main Street Braehead ML11 8EZ
Received 20 Jun 20062 Reid Street Hamilton
Received 9 Feb 2007Former Philips Factory Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 9 Feb 20071A Neilsland Road Hamilton
Received 9 Feb 20077 Burn Bridge Court Strathaven ML10 6UR
Received 8 Feb 2007Vacant Ground Off Dixon Place East Kilbride
Received 8 Feb 200723 Meikle Crescent Hamilton
Received 27 Jun 200625 Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton
Received 27 Jun 2006Hamilton Palace Grounds Retail Park Motherwell Road Hamilton
Received 20 Jun 2006Corner Of Church Street Uddingston
Received 20 Jun 2006The Den Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell
Received 20 Jun 20068 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 20 Jun 200624 Wordsworth Way Bothwell
Received 20 Jun 20064 Westerhouse Court Carluke ML8 5UP
Received 9 Oct 20065 Atholl Court Brackenhill Farm Law ML8 5GG
Received 9 Oct 2006Victoria Nursery Auldton Lesmahagow
Received 9 Oct 20063 Burnside Terrace Biggar ML12 6BY
Received 9 Oct 2006Malcolmwood Farm Blantyre
Received 7 Sept 20061 Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke
Received 30 May 20061 Lanark Road Rosebank Carluke
Received 30 May 20063 Croft Place Larkhall
Received 30 May 2006Avonbridge Hotel Carlisle Road Hamilton
Received 30 May 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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