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30,681 approved · 1,272 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
23 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen
Received 18 Apr 2006Site Adjacent To Library On Burnbank Centre Burnbank Hamilton Extends To Bound Ann Street (Previously Bingo Hall At 70 Burnbank Centre)
Received 7 Nov 2005Land Off Redwood Crescent Torheads Farm Hamilton
Received 7 Nov 20053 Leith Avenue Stonehouse
Received 7 Nov 2005East Kilbride Old Parish Church 3/5 Montgomery Street East Kilbride
Received 3 Nov 20053 Thorn Avenue Thortonhall
Received 3 Nov 20053/5 Montgomery Street East Kilbride
Received 3 Nov 2005Gardenhall Inn Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 3 Nov 200516 Cypress Way Cambuslang
Received 2 Nov 20058 Newgrove Gardens Cambuslang
Received 2 Nov 2005Land At Dungavel Hill South Of Strathaven
Received 17 Feb 2006Marlage Nursery Ashgill
Received 6 Sept 2006Area Of Ground Adjacent To Bellfield Road Coalburn
Received 6 Sept 2006Kirkland Park Estate Car Park Adjacent To 15 Farm Court Bothwell
Received 6 Sept 200651 Calderglen Road East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 200649 Calderglen Road East Kilbride
Received 5 Sept 2006Thornton Farm Bogton Glasgow
Received 1 Sept 20062 Hazelwood Drive Blantyre
Received 12 Oct 20058 Broomhill View Larkhall
Received 12 Oct 200544 Abercorn Drive Hamilton
Received 12 Oct 2005Units 8 & 9 Kingsgate Retail Park Stewartfield Way East Kilbride
Received 15 Sept 2005St Cuthberts Primary School Greenfield Road Hamilton
Received 9 Sept 200521 Anford Place Blantyre
Received 9 Sept 20055 Catrine Street Larkhall
Received 9 Sept 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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