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
30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6A Central Avenue Cambuslang
Received 9 Aug 200615 Westburn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 9 Aug 200631 Priory Drive Uddingston
Received 7 Aug 200620 Burn Bridge Drive Strathaven
Received 7 Feb 200740 Rosebank Carluke
Received 7 Feb 2007112 Chapel Street Carluke ML8 4BD
Received 7 Feb 2007Cornhill House Coulter ML12 6QE
Received 7 Feb 2007Ellenbank Farm Lesmahagow
Received 7 Feb 2007Turnlaw View Turnlaw Road Cambuslang
Received 22 Dec 2005Dicks Barn The Peel Busby Glasgow
Received 21 Dec 2005Calderwood Road Just South Of Junction With Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride
Received 21 Dec 200540 Inglewood Crescent East Kilbride G75 8QD
Received 5 Jun 20062 Lethbridge Place East Kilbride
Received 5 Jun 2006180 Dukes Road Rutherglen
Received 2 Jun 2006The Acres Lands Of Tweedieside Roman Road Sandford
Received 24 May 200654 Ayr Road Douglas ML11 0PX
Received 21 Jun 20067 Waterloo Drive Lanark ML11 7QH
Received 21 Jun 20068 Clarkwell Road Hamilton
Received 19 Jun 20063 Burnet Rose Place Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 16 Jun 20063 Glebe Hollow Bothwell
Received 21 Mar 20069 Millburn Gardens East Kilbride
Received 31 Oct 20054 Ross Terrace Ferniegair Hamilton
Received 17 Mar 200632 William Drive Hamilton
Received 17 Mar 2006Vacant Land At Fallside Road Bothwell
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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