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30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
43 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 4 Nov 2005(Basement Of 104 Cadzow Street) Entrance 2 Lower Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 4 Nov 2005Land At Noel Kegg Tools Ltd 7 Birdsfield Street Hamilton
Received 1 Nov 2005Blakeleys Bar 1 Broompark Road Blantyre
Received 1 Nov 2005Smyllum Water Tower Cameronian Court Lanark
Received 1 Mar 2006Plot 2, 4 And 5 Clydesmill Industrial Estate Off Westburn Drive Cambuslang
Received 24 Feb 2006Grieve Croft/Clyde Avenue Bothwell
Received 11 Nov 2005105 Murray Drive Stonehouse
Received 11 Nov 200523 Colonsay East Kilbride
Received 7 Nov 200515 Eider Avenue East Kilbride
Received 7 Nov 200518 Vere Road Blackwood ML11 9RS
Received 10 Feb 2006Old Brae Lesmahagow (Access Off Old Brae)
Received 7 Feb 2006467 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 4 Jan 200624 Gardenside Street Uddingston
Received 23 Dec 2005Broomfield Farm Cottage Netherburn
Received 23 Dec 2005Site Bounded By Allison Drive/Bank Street/Stanford Hall Cambuslang
Received 24 Nov 2005Units 9 & 10, Main Street Cambuslang
Received 24 Nov 200523 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 24 Nov 20057 Larch Place Cambuslang
Received 1 Nov 200511 Crosshill Drive Rutherglen
Received 1 Nov 20052 Dornoch Drive West Craigs Blantyre
Received 27 Oct 200544 Millheugh Brae Larkhall
Received 10 Mar 20065 Chestnut Way Quarter Hamilton
Received 10 Mar 200618 Summerlee Road Larkhall
Received 10 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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