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30,757 approved · 1,275 refused · 2,259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Former Site Of St Mary's Hospital Lanark
Received 22 Jun 200530 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 1 Sept 2005174-176 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 1 Sept 2005Health Centre The Ward Strathaven
Received 25 Aug 200540 Cypress Avenue Blantyre
Received 7 Jul 20051 Ferry Road Uddingston
Received 7 Jul 20055 Kilwinning Crescent Hamilton
Received 7 Jul 2005Rosebank Garden Centre Rosebank
Received 30 Jun 2005Vacant Plot Off Wellbrae Larkhall
Received 30 Jun 20055 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell
Received 30 Jun 2005Eaglesham Road East Kilbride
Received 2 Sept 2005Howard Avenue East Kilbride
Received 2 Sept 200534 Ballerup Terrace East Kilbride
Received 16 Aug 2005Allers Wastewater Treatment Works Barrie Road East Kilbride
Received 16 Aug 200573 Station Road Law ML8 5LW
Received 16 Aug 200512 Newhouse Court Carstairs Lanark ML11 8QS
Received 16 Aug 200589A Main Street Symington
Received 16 Aug 200575-77 High Street Lanark
Received 16 Aug 20055 Murray Terrace Carnwath
Received 29 Jul 2005Kittochside Farm Clarkston
Received 6 Jul 200533 Glentarbert Road Rutherglen
Received 5 Jul 200535 Lanark Road Braidwood
Received 23 Aug 20053 Carmuir (Plot 10) Carmuir Development Forth ML11 8AR
Received 16 Aug 20057 Maybole Gardens Hamilton
Received 28 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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