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
30,681 approved · 1,272 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Carnwath Road Braehead
Received 7 Jul 2005Lanark Auction Market Site (Clyde Valley Retail Park) Hyndford Road, Lanark ML11 9DX
Received 7 Jul 200511-13 Bloomgate Lanark
Received 7 Jul 2005Plot 2 Dumbraxhill Hawksland Lesmahagow
Received 7 Jul 20058 Railway View Carstairs ML11 8QA
Received 7 Jul 200594 Calderglen Avenue Blantyre
Received 28 Jun 2005103 Alness Street Hamilton
Received 28 Jun 2005Site Adjacent To Library On Burnbank Centre Burnbank Extends To Bound Ann Street (Previously Bingo Hall At 70 Burnbank Centre)
Received 28 Jun 200515 Redwood Crescent Hamilton
Received 28 Jun 200529 Oak Wynd Cambuslang
Received 17 Jun 200540 Houston Terrace West Mains East Kilbride
Received 1 Sept 2006Peel Road Thorntonhall East Kilbride
Received 29 Aug 2006The Steading Lethame House Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 29 Aug 2006The Steading Lethame House Lethame Road Strathaven ML10 6RW
Received 29 Aug 200650 Lochranza Lane East Kilbride
Received 29 Aug 20065 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang
Received 20 Dec 200520 Avonbank Crescent Hamilton
Received 13 Apr 200624 Barncluith Road Hamilton
Received 13 Apr 2006Studlea Equestrian Centre Udston Road Stonehouse
Received 13 Apr 200638 Meadows Avenue Larkhall
Received 13 Apr 2006108 Elder Crescent Drumsagard Village Cambuslang
Received 24 Aug 2005Garage Site Hallside Drive Cambuslang
Received 10 Nov 20053 Loanfoot Gardens Braidwood ML8 5SS
Received 7 Nov 2005Site At Fordmouth Farm Carnwath
Received 7 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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