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
30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 19 Feb 200751 Fairlie Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 10 Jan 200745 Brackenhill Drive Hamilton
Received 24 Nov 200635 Mansefield Avenue Cambuslang
Received 23 Nov 20061 Rangerhouse Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Nov 200688 Shelley Drive Bothwell
Received 10 Jan 20078 Birch Place Cambuslang
Received 5 Jan 2007103 Farmloan Road Rutherglen
Received 1 Dec 2006262/264 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 27 Nov 200621 Dunbar Avenue Rutherglen
Received 1 Nov 200668 Stonelaw Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Nov 2006Unit 6B, Main Street Cambuslang
Received 1 Nov 20064 Juniper Drive Hamilton
Received 27 Jul 20063 Regents Gate Bothwell
Received 27 Jul 2006Access Road To Rigmuir Farm
Received 18 May 2006Brownrig Farm Lanark
Received 28 Apr 200659 Merrylees Road Blantyre
Received 9 Jun 200615 The Whinny Blackwood ML11 9UD
Received 30 Jan 200714 Cooper Avenue Carluke ML8 5US
Received 30 Jan 2007Adjacent To South Lodge Bellas Avenue Stonebyres, ML11 9UL
Received 26 Jan 2007Post Office Thornton Drive Kirkmuirhill ML11 9SP
Received 26 Jan 200786-88 High Street Biggar
Received 24 Jan 200786-88 High Street Biggar
Received 24 Jan 200753 Laverockhall Lanark ML11 7HT
Received 24 Jan 2007Records 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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