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30,681 approved · 1,272 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodend Farm Carnwath
Received 21 Nov 200517A Murray Court Hillhouse Industrial Estate Hamilton
Received 17 Nov 200524 Allanshaw Street Hamilton
Received 3 Jun 2005Robertson Street/Anderson Street Russell Street Hamilton
Received 3 Jun 2005Highfield Darvel Road Strathaven
Received 2 Aug 200519 Main Street Braehead ML11 8EZ
Received 2 Aug 200525 Townhead Street Hamilton
Received 13 Jun 200534 Whistleberry Crescent Hamilton
Received 13 Jun 2005159 Main Street Blantyre
Received 13 Jun 20055 Old Mill Lane Uddingston
Received 13 Jun 200519 Calderglen Avenue The Elms Blantyre
Received 13 Jun 2005Linthaugh Farm Stonehouse
Received 13 Jun 200571 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 31 May 2005Burnside Road High Burnside Rutherglen
Received 31 May 200540 Holmhills Terrace Cambuslang
Received 31 May 20054 Lea Rig Forth ML11 8EA
Received 6 Oct 2005Plot 2 Carlisle Road Crawford
Received 6 Oct 2005New Farm Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 18 Apr 200621 Lochranza Lane East Kilbride
Received 18 Apr 2006Gardenhall Inn Gardenhall East Kilbride
Received 18 Apr 20069 Lamlash Place Lindsayfield East Kilbride
Received 18 Apr 2006Spices 257 Hamilton Road Cambuslang
Received 13 Apr 2006Melrose Court Off Dunard Road Rutherglen
Received 28 Jul 2005Plot 1 Hawkslands Farm Lesmahagow
Received 7 Jul 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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