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30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
94 Walnut Gate Cambuslang
Received 15 Jun 20063 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen
Received 15 Jun 2006183 Main Street Uddingston
Received 18 Apr 2006162 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank
Received 1 Jun 2006Hillridge Farm Road By Biggar ML12 6LY
Received 1 Jun 2006Lee Smiddy Lanark Road Braidwood
Received 1 Jun 20065 Wellbrae Strathaven
Received 31 May 20061 Burnside View East Kilbride
Received 31 May 200650 Carnegie Hill East Kilbride
Received 31 May 2006South Allerton Farm Jackton Road Jackton
Received 31 May 200623 Gullion Park East Kilbride
Received 31 May 20064 Peiter Place Blantyre
Received 31 May 20062 Swinburne Avenue Blantyre
Received 31 May 200651 Carlisle Road Larkhall
Received 31 May 2006Aldi Site Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 31 May 200696 Avon Road Larkhall
Received 31 May 200616 Woodhall Avenue Hamilton
Received 31 May 2006Land Adjacent To Peel Park Junction Of Eagelsham Road And Brooklands East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 200677 Lairhills Road The Murray East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 200637 Mountherrick Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 20067 Trent Place East Kilbride
Received 17 Aug 2006Unit 26, Colvilles Park Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 17 Aug 2006Flat 1/Right 10 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 11 Aug 200624 Princes Gate Bothwell
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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