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30,383 approved · 1,263 refused · 2,230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Egmont Park Newlandsmuir East Kilbride
Received 28 Dec 20056 Middlefield Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 28 Dec 20059-11 Braeview Place Nerston East Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 28 Dec 2005Tuffnells Caldwellside Industrial Estate Lanark
Received 28 Jul 2005Burley Place College Milton East Kilbride
Received 27 May 20059 Ashburton Park Newlandsmuir East Kilbride
Received 27 May 200541 West Coats Road Cambuslang
Received 27 May 200559 Berwick Drive Rutherglen
Received 27 May 200531 Cityford Drive Rutherglen
Received 6 Oct 200568 Livingstone Drive East Kilbride
Received 6 Oct 200516 Avenel Crescent Strathaven
Received 6 Oct 200524 Lanark Road Garrion Bridge Larkhall
Received 4 Oct 200537 Princes Mall Town Centre East Kilbride
Received 4 Oct 200518 McEwan Gardens East Kilbride
Received 4 Oct 200510-18 Vere Road Blackwood
Received 6 Jun 200518/18A James Street Carluke
Received 6 Jun 200516 Commercial Road Strathaven
Received 21 Jul 200546 Glen Ogilvie East Kilbride
Received 21 Jul 2005Bakers Oven 1A Newcross Centre Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 200528 Ness Terrace Hamilton
Received 14 Jun 200510 Woodlands Crescent Bothwell
Received 14 Jun 2005151 Western Road Cambuslang
Received 10 Feb 2006Duchess Road Rutherglen
Received 10 Feb 2006Marchview Jerviswood Nursery Bellfield
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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