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30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Fenwick Drive Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 200656 Mill Road Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 200636 Sandhead Terrace Blantyre
Received 12 Jun 2006Adjacent To 4A Allanshaw Gardens Hamilton
Received 12 Jun 200613 Creran Court Hamilton
Received 17 May 20064 Birch Brae Hamilton
Received 17 May 2006Burnbank House Burnpark Avenue Uddingston
Received 17 May 200644 Dalziel Crescent Cambuslang
Received 22 Jun 200616 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 22 Jun 2006Cornhill House Coulter
Received 17 Mar 2006150 Glasgow Road Strathaven
Received 14 Mar 20062 Callaghan Wynd Blantyre
Received 10 Mar 2006The Haining Manse Road Stonehouse
Received 23 Feb 2006Land Adjacent To Unit 1, Block 7 Fullwood Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 23 Feb 2006Unit 3 Tantallon Court Castlehill Industrial Estate Carluke ML8 5UF
Received 21 Feb 20064 Hawthorn Gardens Larkhall
Received 16 Aug 200641 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 16 Aug 200624 Whinfell Gardens East Kilbride
Received 22 Mar 200655 Millar Street Glassford Strathaven
Received 16 Mar 20063 Le Froy Gardens Westwood East Kilbride
Received 16 Mar 20062 Dunrobin Drive East Kilbride
Received 16 Mar 2006164 Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 16 Mar 2006Di Maggios Restaurant 14 The Boardwalk East Kilbride
Received 16 Mar 20064 John Street Larkhall
Received 17 Jan 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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