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30,210 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,217 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Fairways Chapel Street Rutherglen
Received 7 Feb 20069A Rutherglen Road Rutherglen
Received 6 Feb 2006Hawthorn Walk Cambuslang
Received 6 Feb 20069 Law Place Nerston West East Kilbride
Received 10 May 200659 Borthwick Drive East Kilbride
Received 10 May 20062 Broadless Gardens Chapelton
Received 10 May 20062 Millholm Road Strathaven
Received 10 May 2006280 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 5 May 20069 Macfarlane Crescent Cambuslang
Received 24 Apr 200614 Burncleuch Avenue Cambuslang
Received 24 Apr 2006Lochbrae Pre-School Centre 7 Lochbrae Drive Rutherglen
Received 21 Apr 200697 Bankhead Road Rutherglen
Received 26 Jun 200613 Prospect Avenue Cambuslang
Received 26 Jun 2006Rear Of 47 And 49 Skye Road Rutherglen
Received 26 Jun 2006Rear Of 220 Trossachs Road Rutherglen
Received 26 Jun 2006Land Adjacent To Mill Cottage Biggarshiels Biggar, ML12 6RE
Received 7 Aug 2006Barncluith Road Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 200610 Arrol Wynd Cambuslang
Received 21 Aug 200621 St Ninians Lanark ML11 7HX
Received 11 Aug 200699 Avonbrae Crescent Hamilton
Received 30 Jan 2006The Royal Bank Of Scotland 24 New Street Stonehouse
Received 30 Jan 200612 Forth Court East Kilbride
Received 26 Jan 2006Land To South West Of Auldtonheights, Lesmahagow (B7078)
Received 30 Dec 2005Land To West Of Elvanfoot, Off Leadhills Road (B7040)
Received 30 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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