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30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Browncastle Farm Strathaven
Received 6 Jul 2006Kirkwood House Strathaven
Received 6 Jul 20069 Macrae Gardens East Kilbride Glasgow South Lanarkshire G74 4TP
Received 6 Jul 200627 Paxton Crescent East Kilbride
Received 6 Jul 2006Land Adjacent To 40 Mungo Park Murrayhill East Kilbride
Received 22 Jun 20067 Orefield Place East Kilbride
Received 22 Jun 2006Townhead Of Priestgill Strathaven
Received 22 Jun 200625B Glassford Road Strathaven
Received 13 Mar 20069 Green Street Strathaven
Received 13 Mar 200640 Ayr Road Rigside
Received 10 Mar 2006145 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 17 Feb 20068 Graham Avenue The Village East Kilbride
Received 7 Feb 2006Unit 8 Kingsgate Retail Park Stewartfield Way East Kilbride
Received 7 Feb 20063 Lilac Hill Hamilton
Received 15 Dec 2006363 Bankhead Road Rutherglen
Received 19 Jun 2006Land Adjacent To (32-34) Bridge Street Cambuslang
Received 19 Jun 20065 Calgary Place East Kilbride
Received 26 May 200627-29 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 23 May 20065 Carnoustie Court Bothwell
Received 23 May 2006Flowers Of Scotland Garden Centre Rosebank Clyde Valley
Received 23 May 20064 Leith Avenue Stonehouse
Received 23 May 200672 Aitken Road Hamilton
Received 23 May 200615 Bowmont Place East Kilbride
Received 15 May 2006Plots 2-6 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 3 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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