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30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 3 Railway Road Off Bellfield Road Coalburn
Received 3 May 20067 Kirkstyle Avenue Carluke ML8 5AQ
Received 3 May 20069 Rathmor Road Biggar
Received 3 May 200621 Jerviswood Drive Cleghorn ML11 7RT
Received 3 May 2006Shotts House Blantyre
Received 26 Apr 2006Shotts House Blantyre
Received 26 Apr 200668 Union Street Hamilton
Received 26 Apr 200654 St Brides Way Bothwell
Received 30 Jan 200661 Ambleside Rise Hamilton
Received 30 Jan 20067 Comely Bank Hamilton
Received 3 Feb 20063 Flemington Avenue Strathaven
Received 7 Dec 200511 Crosskirk Crescent Strathaven
Received 7 Dec 200517 Wingate Crescent East Kilbride
Received 7 Dec 200572 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 23 Nov 2005East Kilbride Park & Ride Phase 2 'Off' Torrance Road East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 20064 Nelson Terrace East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 200642 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride
Received 12 Jun 2006Bogleshole Road Cambuslang
Received 24 May 200640 High Street/40 Union Street Carluke
Received 28 Feb 200622 Wellburn Lane Lesmahagow
Received 28 Feb 20065 Westburn Terrace Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QJ
Received 28 Feb 200647 Drumsargard Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Dec 2005Andershaw Forrest South Of Douglas
Received 31 Aug 200616 Dunbeath Grove West Craigs High Blantyre
Received 31 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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