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
30,209 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
201 Greenrig Road Kirkfieldbank
Received 1 Nov 200619 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 17 Oct 2006Stonehouse Hospital Strathaven Road Stonehouse
Received 5 Oct 2006130 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton
Received 5 Oct 200694 Cloglands Forth ML11 8DY
Received 10 Oct 20061 Blackhall Lesmahagow ML11 9PY
Received 10 Oct 2006East Teaths Farm Cottage Lanark ML11 9UH
Received 10 Oct 2006Smyllum Water Tower Cameronian Court Lanark, ML11 7DE
Received 10 Oct 200629 Stanmore Avenue Lanark ML11 7HA
Received 10 Oct 200610 Victoria Avenue Carluke ML8 5AG
Received 22 Sept 20067 Fintry Place East Kilbride
Received 12 Feb 2007360 Curtis Avenue Rutherglen
Received 11 Aug 200640 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 26 Sept 20061 Broompark Road Blantyre
Received 16 Nov 200642 Anderson Street Hamilton
Received 13 Nov 200616 Victoria Street Hamilton
Received 13 Nov 20065 Whiteloans Bothwell
Received 13 Nov 200617 Birksburn Avenue Stonehouse
Received 13 Nov 200655 Queens Drive Hamilton
Received 13 Nov 2006Edge Farm Newhousemill Road East Kilbride
Received 13 Nov 2006Poplarbank Hazelbank Braes Hazelbank, ML11 9XL
Received 3 Nov 2006Woodlands Farm Carmichael ML12 6PH
Received 3 Nov 200610 Albert Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 Nov 200619 Lady Jane Gate Bothwell
Received 13 Oct 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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