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
30,383 approved · 1,263 refused · 2,230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ground To Rear Of Ballantine House Care Home Ashgillhead Road Shawsburn Larkhall
Received 13 Jan 200610 Laburnum Lea Hamilton
Received 28 Dec 20059 Leyland Avenue Hamilton
Received 2 Dec 2005140 Chatelherault Crescent Hamilton
Received 2 Dec 2005Cross Keys Queen Street Stonehouse
Received 2 Dec 200520 Meadowside Hamilton
Received 10 Apr 2006Westburn Road Cambuslang
Received 10 Apr 2006Strathclyde Police Station 1 Old Glasgow Road Uddingston
Received 10 Apr 200625 Redpath Drive Cambuslang
Received 10 Apr 200640 Shiel Drive Larkhall
Received 6 Apr 2006Land To South Of Junction Of Stroud Road & Kelvin Road East Kilbride
Received 6 Apr 20061 Clyde Avenue Bothwell
Received 17 Jun 2005Plot 3 Scottish Enterprise Technology Park East Kilbride
Received 2 Jun 200518 Inch Keith Calderglen East Kilbride
Received 2 Jun 200515 Ballantrae East Kilbride
Received 2 Jun 2005Playground Area - Ballerup High School Tinto Way East Kilbride
Received 2 Jun 2005St Andrews RC High School Scholars Gate Quarry Road East Kilbride
Received 2 Jun 2005101 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 1 Aug 200531 Pentland Crescent Larkhall
Received 1 Aug 20053 Karadale Gardens Larkhall
Received 1 Aug 200551 Shiel Drive Larkhall
Received 1 Aug 2005The Bruce Flagship Hotel 35 Cornwall Street East Kilbride
Received 20 Feb 200627 Macarthur Drive Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 20 Feb 20069 Montgomery Street The Village East Kilbride
Received 28 Dec 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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