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30,215 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell
Received 11 Jul 20067 Woodhead Crescent Hamilton
Received 11 Jul 200632 Hunter Road Whitehill Hamilton
Received 28 Jun 2006Blakeleys Bar 1/3 Broompark Road Blantyre
Received 28 Jun 200698 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 28 Jun 20061 Princes Gate Bothwell
Received 28 Jun 200658 Balfron Crescent Hamilton
Received 25 May 200635 Rokeby Crescent Strathaven
Received 21 Aug 200615 Leven Way Hillcrest East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2006Ardochrig Chapelton Strathaven
Received 4 Aug 20064 Mulberry Wynd Cambuslang
Received 11 Jul 2006Yieldshields Road Roadmeetings ML8 4QG
Received 14 Nov 2006Plot 21, Plot 22 Kirkriggs Lane Burnside
Received 18 Sept 200670 Fyne Crescent Larkhall
Received 19 Jan 200718 Machan Road Larkhall
Received 19 Jan 2007Blackhill Farm Auchengray
Received 19 Jan 2007Cartland Mains Cartland Road Cartland ML11 7RF
Received 19 Jan 200716 Forth Court East Kilbride
Received 1 Dec 2006Broomfield Farm Broomfield Road Netherburn Larkhall
Received 10 Nov 200612 Camp Road Shawfield
Received 7 Nov 200666 Kingsheath Avenue Rutherglen
Received 7 Nov 200619 Broughton Place Hamilton
Received 31 Oct 200611 Douglas Avenue Lesmahagow ML11 0ND
Received 3 Oct 200612 East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 26 Feb 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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