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
30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Allanshaw Industrial Estate Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 25 Jan 2006Uddingston Cricket & Sports Club Castle Avenue Uddingston
Received 25 Jan 2006Hamilton Palace 13 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 25 Jan 200658 Silvertonhill Avenue Hamilton
Received 16 Jun 200629 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang
Received 7 Jun 2006357 Bankhead Road Rutherglen
Received 1 Jun 200621 Arrol Wynd Cambuslang
Received 4 May 200618 Langlea Drive Cambuslang
Received 4 May 200633 Fir Place Cambuslang
Received 4 May 200626 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 25 Apr 200657 Alder Gate Cambuslang
Received 25 Apr 200617 Station Road Biggar ML12 6BS
Received 25 Aug 200643 Burnblea Street Hamilton
Received 21 Aug 200626 Brownside Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Jul 200619 Berelands Crescent Rutherglen
Received 12 Jul 200622 Cleghorn Road Lanark ML11 9ET
Received 7 Jul 2006Site At Biggar Road Symington
Received 7 Jul 2006Block 5 Unit 2 48 North Faulds Road Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark ML11 7SR
Received 7 Jul 200614 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EQ
Received 6 Jul 2006Unit 35 Rutherglen Shopping Centre Rutherglen
Received 27 Jun 200623 Fleming Place East Kilbride
Received 18 Jul 200643 Fairlie East Kilbride
Received 18 Jul 200610 Stewartfield Drive East Kilbride
Received 18 Jul 20069 Clarkin Avenue East Kilbride
Received 18 Jul 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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