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
30,757 approved · 1,275 refused · 2,259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Burn Bridge Drive Strathaven
Received 14 Sept 2005Site Adjacent To 30 Stonehouse Road Strathaven
Received 4 Aug 200515 Lindsay Road East Kilbride
Received 4 Aug 2005Glentaggart Opencast Coal Site Kennox Cottage Glespin ML11 0ST
Received 22 Jul 200517 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang,
Received 6 Jul 200518 Cedar Court Halfway, Cambuslang
Received 6 Jul 200521 Kellie Grove Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 30 Jun 200563-65 Main Street Douglas
Received 27 Jun 200518 Hardacres Lanark ML11 7QP
Received 27 Jun 2005Unit 7 Clyde Valley Retail Park Lanark
Received 23 Jun 2005Bridgend Symington ML12 6LG
Received 23 Jun 2005Claremont High School High Common Road St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 29 Aug 200515 Melrose Avenue Rutherglen
Received 17 Aug 200567 Hall Road Nemphlar
Received 11 Aug 20052 Cypress Way Cambuslang
Received 8 Aug 200595 Elder Crescent Cambuslang
Received 27 Oct 200526 Viewmount Crescent Strathaven
Received 27 Oct 200533 Monkcastle Drive Cambuslang
Received 17 May 200565 Salisbury Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 13 May 20052 Malcolm Gardens East Kilbride
Received 13 May 200516 Kenshaw Avenue Larkhall
Received 10 Aug 2005Rowan Stables Wandel ML12 6RP
Received 9 Mar 20061 Kairnhill Court Lanark
Received 30 Jan 2006Instore 113 High Street Lanark ML11 7LN
Received 30 Jan 2006Records 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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