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30,757 approved · 1,275 refused · 2,259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Braemar Crescent Carluke ML8 4BH
Received 30 Jan 2006Site 20, Cambuslang Investment Park Gateway, Glasgow
Received 16 Jun 200524 Barnhill Drive Hamilton
Received 13 May 2005Greenhill Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 2005Stroud Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 2005Kingsway At Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 2005Kingsway At Hamilton Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 2005Development Site Kingsway East Nerston East Kilbride
Received 17 Oct 2005Brae Farm Strathaven
Received 13 Oct 2005Muirmains Farm Earnock Road Hillhouse Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 2005The George Campbell Street Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 2005East Drumloch Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 20053 Udston Mill Road Stonehouse
Received 13 Oct 200511 Birchfield Place Strathaven
Received 13 Oct 200528 Bent Road Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 20052 Carnoustie Court Bothwell
Received 13 Oct 20054 Fereneze Crescent Hamilton
Received 13 Oct 200533 Crawford Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 May 2005129 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 1 Aug 200517 Quarry Park East Kilbride
Received 29 Jul 2005Westlinbank House Gilmourton Strathaven
Received 29 Jul 200522 Blinkbonny Stonehouse
Received 26 Jul 2005Strathclyde Fire Brigade Fire Station 99 Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 15 Jul 20057 Silverwells Crescent Bothwell
Received 15 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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