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30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Barriedale Avenue Hamilton
Received 24 Nov 200615 Clydebrae Drive Bothwell
Received 24 Nov 20066 Aspen Place Cambuslang
Received 1 Mar 200614 Elm Way Cambuslang
Received 27 Feb 200643 Glenshee Gardens Carluke
Received 27 Jun 200625-33 Cairneymount Road Carluke ML8 4EN
Received 27 Jun 200644 Kittoch Street East Kilbride
Received 19 Jun 2006Land Adjacent To Jackton Road Jackton
Received 16 May 2006Vacant Site Opposite The Junction Of` Eaglesham Road And Strathnairn Avenue Hairymyres East Kilbride
Received 16 May 2006119 Glen More St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 16 May 20068 George Allan Place Strathaven
Received 16 May 200642 Ministers Park East Kilbride
Received 16 May 200655 Chalmers Drive East Kilbride
Received 16 May 20069 Glen Grove East Kilbride
Received 16 May 2006Birkenhead Farm Lesmahagow
Received 20 Jul 200695 Kirk Street Strathaven
Received 19 Jul 2006Muirhouse Cottage Cleghorn
Received 17 Jul 200631 Bellefield Crescent Lanark ML11 7QY
Received 17 Jul 2006Cricklewood Hotel 27 Hamilton Road Bothwell
Received 23 Jan 20078 Hill Road Stonehouse
Received 23 Jan 200715 Ochiltree Drive Hamilton
Received 23 Jan 2007Caledonian Road Larkhall
Received 23 Jan 2007Calderwood Gardens Cottage Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 4 Aug 2006Springhill Farm Angus Terrace Douglas
Received 25 Apr 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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