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30,246 approved · 1,257 refused · 2,221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
17 Avonside Grove Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 200611 - 13 Woodside Walk Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 2006Plot 10B Strutherhill Industrial Estate Telford Avenue Larkhall
Received 3 Apr 2006Greenfield Social Club Earnock Street Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 2006Newlands Road East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 20069 Wardlaw Crescent The Murray East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 20069 Falstaff Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 2006Unit 8/10 Olympia Shopping Centre East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 200649 Union Street Hamilton
Received 3 Aug 2005Unit 37 Bairds Crescent Allanshaw Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 3 Aug 200562 High Blantyre Road Hamilton
Received 20 May 2005Unit 2 Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 29 Jul 20053 Glen Lyon St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 1 Jul 2005Blacklaw Windfarm Climpy Forth ML11 8EW
Received 14 Jun 200592 New Trows Road Lesmahagow ML11 0EW
Received 18 Apr 2006Land At Cornhill House Hotel Coulter ML12 6QE
Received 18 Apr 200619 Moss Side Road Biggar ML12 6GF
Received 18 Apr 200627 Lawhill Road Law ML8 5JQ
Received 18 Apr 200634 Midfield Road Coalburn
Received 18 Apr 200617 Turnbull Way Strathaven South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Apr 2006Watermans Cottage East Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 10 Mar 2006Ground Between 41 New Street/Kirk Street Stonehouse
Received 14 Feb 2006New Douglas Park Cadzow Avenue Hamilton
Received 9 Feb 20069 Mauldslie Place Ashgill
Received 9 Feb 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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