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30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 The Cross Stonehouse
Received 13 Mar 20067 Neilsland Drive Hamilton
Received 13 Mar 200612 Kylepark Crescent Uddingston
Received 13 Mar 200641 Bourtree Road Hamilton
Received 3 Feb 2006Land Adjacent To 33 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 3 Feb 2006Wyndales House Hotel Symington ML12 6JU
Received 10 Nov 200545A Neilsland Road Hamilton
Received 18 Jan 2006Oakwood Bellefield Road Lanark ML11 7RH
Received 16 Jan 200620 Welldale Street Douglas ML11 Ons
Received 16 Jan 200683 Craig Street Blantyre
Received 16 Aug 2006Hall Place Industrial Estate Hall Place Lanark, ML11 7BB
Received 15 Aug 200697A Carlisle Road Ferniegair
Received 14 Aug 200684 Myers Crescent Uddingston
Received 14 Aug 200643 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 20065 Glen Mark East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 2006Rainbow Rooms 17 Main Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 20064 Struthers Crescent East Kilbride
Received 14 Aug 2006East Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Dec 2005256 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang
Received 23 Dec 200538 Millburn Avenue Rutherglen
Received 23 Dec 2005Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BB
Received 15 Dec 2005Base Station 007649 Douglas Plastics Angus Terrace Douglas ML11 Ora
Received 15 Dec 2005Garden Street/Manse View/Schoolhouse Avenue Coalburn
Received 15 Dec 2005Cambuslang Shopping Centre Cambuslang
Received 9 Dec 2005Records 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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