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30,383 approved · 1,263 refused · 2,230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Schoolhouse Grange Road Lower Pettinain ML11 8SP
Received 29 Mar 200614 Cleveden Drive Rutherglen
Received 7 Jun 20051 Conan Court Cambuslang
Received 7 Jun 2005109 Victoria Street Blantyre
Received 3 Oct 2005Land Adj To Ellenbank Lodge Garngour Road Lesmahagow
Received 12 Jan 2006Land Adjacent To Daer Reservoir Near Wintercleugh
Received 12 Jan 200688 High Street Lanark ML11 7ET
Received 12 Jan 200636 Pegasus Avenue Carluke
Received 12 Jan 20067-9 Lovat Place, Springhall Rutherglen
Received 15 Nov 20051 Ermelo Gardens East Kilbride
Received 3 Apr 200633 Westport East Kilbride
Received 3 Apr 2006Lee Garden Farm Lanark Road Braidwood ML11 9JA
Received 3 Apr 2006Plot 6, Garngour Road Lesmahagow
Received 3 Apr 2006Area Of Ground To Bellfield Farm, Surrounding Area And Muirburn, Coalburn
Received 3 Apr 2006Hamilton Business Park Caird Park Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 200566 St Brides Way Bothwell
Received 14 Jun 200549 Marshall Grove Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 2005Land At Kirkconnel Drive Rutherglen
Received 2 Jun 20053 Fintry Place Lindsayview East Kilbride
Received 31 May 2005Peel Park Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 31 May 200568 Montreal Park East Kilbride
Received 31 May 2005Hillview Sheildburn Farm Burnhouse Road Auldhouse
Received 31 May 20052 Hapton View Strathaven
Received 31 May 2005Laigh Braehead Farm Thorntonhall East Kilbride
Received 31 May 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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