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30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Knocklea Place Biggar ML12 6DZ
Received 5 Jul 2006Thornbeck Millrig Road Wiston ML12 6HT
Received 14 Jun 2006Former Village Hall Carstairs Road Carstairs
Received 14 Jun 2006Plots 19 & 19A Kames Park Cleghorn
Received 14 Jun 200610 Stonebyres Holdings ML11 9UW
Received 14 Jun 2006Fairholm Lodge Carlisle Road Larkhall
Received 22 Dec 200613 Langside Court Bothwell
Received 21 Dec 20062 Shaws Road Larkhall
Received 21 Dec 20068 Burnacre Gardens Uddingston
Received 19 Dec 200615 Forrest Street Blantyre
Received 19 Dec 2006John Ogilvie High School Farm Road Hamilton
Received 19 Dec 2006Uddingston Grammar School Station Road Uddingston
Received 19 Dec 2006Lloyds TSB Bank Plc 72 Union Street Larkhall
Received 19 Dec 20068 Gleneagles Park Bothwell
Received 19 Dec 200622 Brent Road East Kilbride
Received 28 Nov 2006Broadlees Farm/A726/West Shawtonhill Farm Chapelton
Received 16 Jun 200615 Mackintosh Court Cambuslang
Received 14 Jun 200627 Main Street Cambuslang
Received 14 Jun 200632 Spruce Drive Cambuslang
Received 4 Jan 2006Chlomar Breshot Farm Braehead
Received 23 Mar 2006Strathclyde Fire Brigade 99 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 22 Mar 20065 Lochinver Crescent Blantyre
Received 22 Mar 200611 Ochiltree Drive Hamilton
Received 25 Nov 200514 Kirkstyle Biggar ML12 6DT
Received 31 May 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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