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30,209 approved · 1,254 refused · 2,215 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Greenhills Bar Greenhills Square East Kilbride
Received 26 May 2006WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc 3 Macneish Way East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 200617 Baillie Drive East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 200612 Reith Drive East Kilbride
Received 28 Aug 2006'La Vigna' 38-40 Wellgate Lanark ML11
Received 28 Aug 2006Strathaven Airfield Couplaw Farm Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 25 Aug 200689 Snaefell Avenue Rutherglen
Received 25 Aug 2006Land At Pitcairn Crescent Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 30 Mar 2006Plot At Sandilands Lane Sandilands Lanark
Received 14 Mar 200634A Annsfield Road Hamilton
Received 15 May 200697 Brankholm Brae Hamilton
Received 15 May 200616 Strathrannoch Way East Kilbride
Received 4 May 20065 Corrie Gardens East Kilbride
Received 4 May 20068 Strathallan Gate East Kilbride
Received 4 May 20063 Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 8 Jun 2006Midtown Farm Craigenhill Road Kilncadzow Carluke
Received 8 Jun 2006Carmichael Boat Hyndford Bridge ML11 8SJ
Received 8 Jun 2006Part Throughburn Farm Forth
Received 8 Jun 200646 Alford Avenue Blantyre
Received 7 Jun 200640 Lanark Road Crossford
Received 26 Apr 20068 Castle Yett Biggar ML12 6QQ
Received 26 Apr 2006Broadlees Symington ML12 6JU
Received 24 Jul 2006Westerpark Avenue Hamilton
Received 24 Jul 200626 Pillans Court Hamilton
Received 24 Jul 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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