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30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Gibb Court Stonehouse
Received 7 Jul 20065 Gardenside Street Uddingston
Received 7 Jul 200614 Glen Moy St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 9 Jun 200655 Afton Gardens Blantyre
Received 8 Jun 2006218 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 8 Jun 200642 Gateside Street Hamilton
Received 8 Jun 200653 Lairhills Road East Kilbride
Received 17 May 200623 Glen Nevis East Kilbride
Received 22 May 2006102 Colonsay East Kilbride G74 2HG
Received 22 May 20068 Firlee Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 19 May 2006Unit A Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 19 May 2006Townfoot Of Priestgill By Strathaven
Received 19 May 200616 Paxton Crescent Mavor Park Gardens East Kilbride
Received 8 Aug 20061 - 3 & 5 Kirk Road Dalserf Larkhall
Received 8 Aug 2006Plot 25 Garngour Road Lesmahagow
Received 27 Jun 200746 Forrest Gate Hamilton
Received 26 Jun 200718 Brigside Gardens Hamilton
Received 26 Jun 200770 Alford Avenue Blantyre
Received 26 Jun 200740 Regent Way Hamilton
Received 26 Jun 2007Howfaulds Cleghorn ML11 7SL
Received 25 Jun 2007199 Wilton Road Carluke ML8 4LW
Received 26 Jun 2007Station Inn Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 5PE
Received 26 Jun 20077 Spring Walk Lesmahagow ML11 0FN
Received 26 Jun 2007Main Street Douglas Water
Received 26 Jun 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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