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30,211 approved · 1,256 refused · 2,218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cleughearn Coach House By Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 18 Jan 200719 Royal Drive Hamilton
Received 18 Jan 20079 Kirtle Place East Kilbride
Received 18 Jan 2007166 Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 17 Jan 200710 Priory Road Lesmahagow ML11 0AA
Received 15 Jan 20074 Wallace Wynd Law ML8 5JD
Received 15 Jan 2007Former Craignethan Hotel 69 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0EF
Received 15 Jan 200715 Auchingramont Road Hamilton
Received 11 Jan 2007Lochhead Cottage Carlisle Road Stonehouse
Received 15 Dec 2006176 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9BG
Received 2 Dec 2005Land To Rear Of 8 Shoulderrigg Road Coalburn ML11 0EL
Received 2 Dec 200529 Bellefield Crescent Lanark
Received 2 Dec 20051 The Lairs Blackwood
Received 23 Nov 2005Clarklands Farm By Strathaven
Received 23 Nov 200529 Park Street Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QZ
Received 18 Nov 200510 Newhouse Court Carstairs Village ML11 8QS
Received 18 Nov 200534B Old Coach Road East Kilbride
Received 6 Mar 2006The Cottage Dicks Barn The Peel Busby
Received 3 Mar 2006The Cottage Dicks Barn The Peel Carmunnock By Pass Busby
Received 3 Mar 200636 Rosemount Crescent Carstairs ML11 8QW
Received 3 Mar 2006Brookfield (Phases 1) 7 Threestanes Road Strathaven
Received 3 Mar 200642 Avondale Avenue East Kilbride
Received 3 Mar 200630 Brendon Avenue Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 3 Mar 200667 Viewmount Crescent Strathaven
Received 3 Mar 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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