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
30,302 approved · 1,261 refused · 2,226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Lochalsh Place Blantyre
Received 12 Oct 2005Brookfield House Devonside Road Carmichael
Received 12 Oct 2005Riva 25 Main Street Bothwell
Received 9 Feb 200695 Raploch Street Larkhall
Received 9 Feb 2006Ground Between 41 New Street & Kirk Street Stonehouse
Received 9 Feb 2006180 Dukes Road Rutherglen
Received 22 Dec 200512 Westfarm Wynd Cambuslang
Received 21 Nov 200563 Braxfield Road Lanark
Received 27 Oct 200579 King Street Stonehouse
Received 10 Apr 20069 Waterlands Road Law
Received 31 Mar 200647 Westport Lanark ML11 9HE
Received 31 Mar 2006Unit 4 Rankin Gait Carluke
Received 16 Feb 2006Kings Gait Construction Site Off Dukes Road/Glasgow Rd Cambuslang
Received 9 Feb 200617 Glasgow Road Chapelton
Received 23 Jan 200629 Sycamore Drive Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 200671 Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 200691 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 3 Apr 2006Glenview Wiston Mains Wiston
Received 9 Mar 2006118 Centre West East Kilbride
Received 31 Mar 20062 Corunna Court Carluke ML8 4RF
Received 24 Aug 2006Plot 1 Muirhall Farm Auchengray
Received 24 Aug 200624 Rosyth Road Glasgow
Received 23 Aug 20069 Inchmurrin Drive Rutherglen
Received 23 Aug 2006Briarlands 174 East Kilbride Road Thorntonhall Busby
Received 8 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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