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
30,612 approved · 1,270 refused · 2,244 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Gamekeepers Cottage Monteith House Road Carstairs ML11 8QP
Received 16 Mar 200666 Brown Street Carluke
Received 16 Mar 20069 Stewarton Drive Cambuslang
Received 23 Feb 2006209 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 14 Feb 2006209 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 14 Feb 200634 Crosshill Road Strathaven
Received 6 Feb 20061 Woodaven Drive Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 6 Feb 200652 Station Road Thankerton ML12 6NZ
Received 25 Jan 200648 Canonbie Avenue East Kilbride
Received 16 Jan 200614 Welsh Drive Hamilton
Received 14 Dec 2005Hemmingways 1-3 Keith Street Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 2005Peebles Road Carnwath
Received 13 Dec 2005Gilchrist Loan Lesmahagow
Received 10 Mar 2006The Hanings 95 Carlisle Road Abington
Received 10 Mar 2006Raploch Bowling Club 74 Raploch Street Larkhall
Received 9 Mar 200634 Berriedale Crescent Blantyre
Received 9 Mar 2006Cambuslang Rugby Club Langlea Road Cambuslang
Received 8 Mar 2006Whistleberry Retail Park Whistleberry Road Blantyre
Received 6 Dec 20059 Old Bothwell Road Bothwell
Received 23 Nov 200515 Kilwinning Crescent Hamilton
Received 23 Nov 200532 Mote Hill Hamilton
Received 23 Nov 200511 Manse View High Blantyre
Received 23 Nov 2005152 Station Road Blantyre
Received 23 Nov 200532 Braidley Crescent East Kilbride
Received 22 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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