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
30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Dalmellington Drive East Kilbride
Received 13 Feb 2007The New Farm Public House Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Feb 20074 Beechwood Crescent Lesmahagow ML11 0ET
Received 13 Feb 20071 Marigold Way Carluke ML8 5TL
Received 25 Jul 200610 Carrick Gardens Hamilton
Received 25 Jul 200657 Hunthill Road Blantyre
Received 25 Jul 2006Sunnyside Oakes Sunnyside Road Larkhall
Received 25 Jul 2006Easterhouse Farm Cobbinshaw West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 18 Jul 2006Thorniehall Farm Douglas Lanark ML11 0RL
Received 25 May 200638 Kane Place Stonehouse
Received 21 Apr 20068 Forth Place Larkhall
Received 21 Apr 200628 Ailsa Court Hamilton
Received 21 Apr 20065/7 Kirk Street Stonehouse
Received 21 Apr 200612 Luss Brae Hamilton
Received 21 Apr 200637 Green Street Stonehouse
Received 21 Apr 2006Scottish Water 5 Whistleberry Road Blantyre
Received 21 Apr 200624B Fairfield Place Bothwell
Received 21 Apr 2006Dunroamin Cottage Polkelly West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 19 Feb 2007St Andrews Kirkhill Golf Club Mansions Cambuslang
Received 19 Feb 20073 Bay Willow Court Cambuslang
Received 19 Feb 200766 Hamilton Street Carluke
Received 5 Jan 200714 Murray Walk Blantyre
Received 24 Nov 200619 Clyde Avenue Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 24 Nov 200643 Royal Gardens Bothwell
Received 24 Nov 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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