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30,246 approved · 1,257 refused · 2,221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Plot 2 Langlands Business Park East Kilbride
Received 20 Dec 2005BP Queensway North Queensway East Kilbride
Received 20 Dec 200520 Mill Road Hamilton
Received 25 Nov 2005Finning Cat Whistleberry Road Hamilton
Received 25 Nov 2005Trossachs Road/Tobermory Road Rutherglen
Received 26 Jun 200615 Kelvin Crescent Cherry Tree Gardens East Kilbride
Received 27 Feb 200634 Ettrick Crescent Rutherglen
Received 30 Jan 2006Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 12 Dec 2006196 Brownside Road Burnside
Received 12 Dec 200613 Victoria Road Rutherglen
Received 12 Dec 2006Former St Brides High School Site Avondale Avenue East Kilbride
Received 8 Dec 200663 Bosfield Road East Kilbride
Received 8 Dec 20067 Douglas Drive East Kilbride
Received 8 Dec 200682B Calderwood Square East Kilbride Glasgow
Received 8 Dec 200611B Millar Street Glassford Strathaven
Received 8 Dec 2006219 Low Waters Road Hamilton
Received 9 Nov 20065 Countess Gate Bothwell
Received 9 Nov 2006Bothwell Tennis Club Mill Road Bothwell
Received 9 Nov 2006Douglas Street Hamilton
Received 1 Mar 200646 Lesmahagow Road Boghead
Received 1 Mar 2006The Kennels Lammington Biggar ML12 6HR
Received 1 Mar 200671 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang.
Received 7 Dec 2005Ground To Rear Of 51 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Dec 2005Scalloway Road West Greenlees Cambuslang
Received 21 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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