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30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Baillie Drive Bothwell
Received 14 Nov 20054 Machan Avenue Larkhall
Received 14 Nov 2005The Empire Bar 289 Glasgow Road Hamilton
Received 14 Nov 2005The Old Original Public Bar 285 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 14 Nov 200535 Montrose Crescent Hamilton
Received 14 Nov 200514 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 10 Mar 20066 Crail Close West Craigs Blantyre
Received 10 Mar 200627 Hunters Grove Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 8 Mar 20061 School Lane Cambuslang
Received 6 Mar 20069 Menteith Drive Rutherglen
Received 3 Mar 2006Terra Cotta Nursery Cleghorn ML8 4QS
Received 3 Mar 200656 Ayr Road Douglas
Received 3 Mar 20067 Castleknowe Gardens Carluke ML8 5HX
Received 3 Mar 200610 Westburn Terrace Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QJ
Received 28 Feb 2006The Peel Carmunnock Bypass Busby Glasgow
Received 10 Feb 200656 Culrosshill West Mains East Kilbride
Received 10 Feb 2006Over Lethame Farm Strathaven
Received 2 Feb 20061 Welland Place Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 2 Feb 2006103 Lethame Road Strathaven
Received 2 Feb 20064 Stanley Boulevard Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 20 Jan 2006Adjacent Holding 14 Off Sidehead Road Low Lanrigg Stonehouse
Received 20 Jan 20061 East Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 1 Aug 200672 Glasgow Road Rutherglen
Received 1 Aug 2006Open Ground (East) Toryglen Road, Rutherglen
Received 1 Aug 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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