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30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Croftwood Road Hamilton
Received 17 Mar 2006Sandyholm Garden Centre Lanark Road Crossford
Received 17 Mar 2006Cornhill House Coulter ML12 6QE
Received 17 Mar 20064 Dechmont Street Hamilton
Received 7 Aug 2006160 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 7 Aug 200640 Andrew Baxter Avenue Ashgill
Received 7 Aug 200627 Vicars Road Stonehouse
Received 7 Aug 2006East Millrig Farm Lamington ML12 6HT
Received 7 Aug 200634 Townhead Street Strathaven
Received 2 Mar 2006Kirklands Hospital Fallside Road Bothwell
Received 22 Feb 2006144 Dalcraig Crescent Blantyre
Received 22 Feb 2006Victoria Falls Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 30 Nov 2005Laigh Kittochside Kittochside Road Carmunnock
Received 30 Nov 200519 Laurenstone Terrace Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 30 Nov 200535 Shawton Road Chapelton
Received 17 Nov 2005Eastend Cleghorn ML11 8NR
Received 16 Nov 2005Lands At Eastend Cleghorn
Received 16 Nov 2005Hallcraig Mauldslie Road Carluke
Received 16 Nov 20054 Magnolia Terrace Cambuslang
Received 9 May 20066 Glasgow Road Cambuslang
Received 9 May 200696 Aitken Road Hamilton
Received 2 May 200615 Durisdeer Drive Hamilton
Received 2 May 2006Polkelly Cottage Polkelly West Calder EH55 8LN
Received 17 Nov 20058 Moray Gate Bothwell
Received 1 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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