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
30,246 approved · 1,257 refused · 2,221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
East Bound Footway North Vennel Lanark
Received 12 Jun 2006Land Behind 53 Goremire Road Carluke
Received 12 Jun 20063 Cartland Road Cartland ML11 7RF
Received 12 Jun 2006Land Opposite 42 Ravenswood Forth
Received 12 Jun 2006203 Riverside Road Kirkfieldbank ML11 9JJ
Received 12 Jun 200612 Millcroft Road Shawfield Industrial Estate Rutherglen
Received 12 Jun 2006Former Swimming Baths Site Off Greenhill Road, Rutherglen
Received 12 Jun 200624 Albert Drive Rutherglen
Received 12 Jun 200625 Westfarm Grove Cambuslang
Received 31 May 200677 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 30 May 20061 Tanzieknowe Road Cambuslang
Received 30 May 200682 Oak Wynd Cambuslang
Received 26 May 20063 Cleghorn Terrace Cleghorn ML11 7SJ
Received 23 May 200616 Pleasance Row Wilsontown ML11 8EP
Received 23 May 20065 Kirkstyle Biggar
Received 23 May 200622 Hillhouse Farm Gate Lanark
Received 23 May 2006Calderwood Square Car Park Calderwood Square East Kilbride
Received 28 Apr 200613 Laurel Walk Rutherglen
Received 27 Apr 20065 Livingston Lane Cambuslang
Received 27 Apr 2006'Kingsknowe' Braehead Road Thontonhall
Received 5 Jun 200624 Baird Hill East Kilbride
Received 5 Jun 20064 Orchard Gardens Strathaven ML10 6UN
Received 5 Jun 200688 Wordsworth Way Bothwell
Received 3 Nov 200516A Wellgate Street Larkhall
Received 3 Nov 2005Records 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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