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30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Mill Wyndales Farm Symington
Received 24 Jan 2007Phases 3 & 4 (Plots 179-296) Off Carlisle Road Blackwood
Received 24 Jan 2007Parks Honda Braeview Place Nerston East Kilbride
Received 15 Dec 2006Lochside Braidwood
Received 26 Jul 2006The Drumclog Inn Todshill Street Strathaven
Received 6 Jun 2006The Star Inn 6 Waterside Street Strathaven
Received 6 Jun 2006Gso Business Park Peel Park East Kilbride
Received 6 Jun 20066 Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 31 Aug 200621 Gilmour Drive Hamilton
Received 31 Aug 20062 Tweed Street Larkhall
Received 31 Aug 2006Unit 2 Queensway Retail Park Linwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 31 Aug 2006Colvilles Road East Kilbride
Received 28 Feb 20067 Wide Close Lanark ML11 7LX
Received 3 Apr 2006300 Blantyre Farm Road Uddingston
Received 24 Aug 20062 Bent Road Hamilton
Received 24 Aug 200631 Coronation Crescent Larkhall
Received 24 Aug 2006Site Next To Joanna Terrace Blantyre
Received 24 Aug 200655 Dalrymple Drive East Kilbride
Received 10 Aug 2006Eastmore Nemphlar ML11 9JF
Received 11 May 200626 Avon Avenue Carluke ML8 5DD
Received 11 May 20064 Glebe Wynd Bothwell
Received 8 May 2006Cross Keys Queen Street Stonehouse
Received 8 May 200643 Clove Mill Wynd Larkhall
Received 8 May 20065 /7 Kirk Street Stonehouse
Received 3 May 2006Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsArea alerts send a daily or weekly email with new applications and decisions near a postcode, filtered by project type. £29 a month, up to 3 areas. Records are limited to the councils we collect.
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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