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
30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
336 Main Street Blantyre
Received 13 Jun 200615 Low Quarry Gardens Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 200666 Neville Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 29 Mar 200621 Helmsdale Avenue Blantyre
Received 4 Jul 20066 McPherson Drive Bothwell
Received 4 Jul 2006William Spiers Place Larkhall
Received 4 Jul 20067 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 20 Mar 20069 Glebe Wynd Bothwell
Received 20 Mar 200615 Forrest Street Blantyre
Received 20 Mar 200624 Toward Court Blantyre
Received 20 Mar 2006Clayhedges Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 20 Mar 20068 Old Mill Lane Uddingston
Received 3 Mar 2006149 Main Street Blantyre
Received 3 Mar 2006151/153 Main Street Uddingston
Received 3 Mar 200633 Royal Gardens Bothwell
Received 3 Mar 200640 Maclean Place Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 22 Feb 2006Jansview Gallops Strathaven Road Near Chapelton Strathaven
Received 22 Feb 200610 Old Coach Road East Kilbride
Received 22 Feb 200615 Highfield Drive Rutherglen
Received 17 Aug 20063 Graham Avenue Cambuslang
Received 17 Aug 20065 The Loaning Douglas ML11 0QE
Received 31 Jul 200624 Strathspey Avenue East Kilbride
Received 22 Mar 200622 Eden Gardens East Kilbride
Received 22 Mar 20062 Ettrick Hill Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 17 Mar 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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