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30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Adjacent To Sports Hall Donaldson Road Larkhall
Received 31 Jul 200622 Castle Wynd Quarter Hamilton
Received 31 Jul 2006Townfoot Elsrickle, ML12 6QZ
Received 28 Jul 2006Telford Road/Sinclair Place East Kilbride
Received 10 Jul 2006Browshot Farm Braehead
Received 31 May 200613 Kingshill View Law ML8 5LA
Received 31 May 200614 Lytham Meadows Bothwell
Received 22 Mar 20065 Croft Place Larkhall
Received 22 Mar 200644 Spinningdale Stonehouse
Received 22 Mar 2006Rowan Tree 60 Old Mill Road Uddingston
Received 22 Mar 200638 Millburn Avenue Rutherglen
Received 21 Mar 200618 Stuart Avenue Rutherglen
Received 21 Mar 200621 Dunbar Avenue Rutherglen
Received 21 Mar 2006165A East Kilbride Road Rutherglen
Received 21 Mar 20062 & 3 Campshead Camps Reservoir Near Duneaton
Received 8 Sept 200614 Fergus Gardens Hamilton
Received 7 Sept 200663 Spinningdale Stonehouse
Received 7 Sept 20061 Manus Duddy Court Blantyre
Received 7 Sept 200652 Hall Street Hamilton
Received 7 Sept 2006Royal Bank Of Scotland 20 Clydeview Shopping Centre Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 7 Sept 200612/16 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 7 Sept 2006New Douglas Park Cadzow Avenue Hamilton
Received 21 Mar 2006Plot 3 Snowberry Field Thankerton ML12 6RJ
Received 13 Mar 200678 Montgomery Street Larkhall
Received 13 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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