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30,214 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
20 Carrick Road East Kilbride
Received 29 May 20074 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen
Received 22 Jun 20075 Crofthead Street Strathaven
Received 21 Jun 2007Plot 3 Shodshillmill Farm By Carstairs
Received 17 Jul 2006Plots A & B Dippool Farm Auchengray
Received 17 Jul 2006Lochhead Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse
Received 22 Dec 2006Bell College Almada Street Hamilton
Received 22 Dec 2006Fairholm Lodge Carlisle Road Larkhall
Received 22 Dec 200637 Jamieson Drive East Kilbride
Received 27 Nov 200618 Abbotsford Crescent Strathaven
Received 27 Nov 2006Lloyds TSB Bank Plc Strathmore House Brouster Gate East Kilbride
Received 27 Nov 2006Vantage Point 2 Livingstone Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 25 Jul 2006Land To North Of 4 Kirk Road Dalserf
Received 25 Jul 2006Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 24 Jul 2006186 Brownside Road Rutherglen
Received 24 Jul 200632 Lightburn Road Cambuslang
Received 24 Jul 200615 Powburn Crescent Uddingston
Received 12 Jul 2006115 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 12 Jul 2006Unit 21 Regent Way The Regent Shopping Centre Hamilton
Received 12 Jul 2006Kepple Stables Dungavel Strathaven
Received 12 Jul 200622 Dunlop Crescent Bothwell
Received 12 Jul 2006Plot 3 Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride G75 0QE
Received 11 Jul 20063 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven
Received 11 Jul 2006Caledonia Cottage Jerviswood Lanark
Received 31 May 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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