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30,681 approved · 1,272 refused · 2,252 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bothwell Road Uddingston
Received 22 Jul 2005Shawlands Hotel Ayr Road Shawsburn Larkhall
Received 22 Jul 20051 Queens Drive Hamilton
Received 12 Jul 200539 Nursery Drive Ashgill
Received 12 Jul 200584 High Blantyre Road Hamilton
Received 12 Jul 200513 Stonefield Crescent Blantyre
Received 12 Jul 20051-3 Springburn Place College Milton East Kilbride
Received 1 Jul 2005107 Castlegate Lanark ML11 9EF
Received 22 Jun 2005Calderside Road Lodgehill Farm East Kilbride
Received 1 Sept 200522 Cloverhill View East Kilbride
Received 1 Sept 2005Kenilworth East Kilbride
Received 1 Sept 2005371 Kings Park Avenue Rutherglen
Received 11 Aug 200516 Ministers Park East Kilbride
Received 26 Jul 200515 Rowan Walk Strathaven
Received 26 Jul 2005103 Keswick Road Newlands East Kilbride
Received 26 Jul 200546 Albany Drive Lanark ML11 9AF
Received 25 Jul 2005Gap Site Fence Nursery Fence Terrace Tillietudlem
Received 25 Jul 200563-65 Main Street Douglas
Received 19 Jul 2005Land West Of 301 Lanark Road Auchenheath
Received 19 Jul 2005301 Lanark Road Auchenheath
Received 19 Jul 200522 Allan Avenue Carluke ML8 5UA
Received 19 Jul 200533 Calgary Park Westwood East Kilbride
Received 23 Jun 200532 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 10 Jun 2005156 Calderwood Road Rutherglen
Received 10 Jun 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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