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
30,837 approved · 1,277 refused · 2,265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Coleridge Avenue Bothwell
Received 21 Jul 20056 Marshall Grove Hamilton
Received 19 Jul 200511 Lairds Gate Uddingston
Received 19 Jul 2005St Thomas Lodge Wellgate Street Larkhall
Received 19 Jul 2005Site At Torheads Farm Hamilton
Received 11 Jul 200519 Lendalfoot Gardens Hamilton
Received 11 Jul 20055 Farm Road Hamilton
Received 11 Jul 2005206 Low Waters Road (Ground Floor) Hamilton
Received 24 Aug 200570 Keswick Road Newlandsmuir East Kilbride
Received 23 Aug 2005Plot 7, 14 Bruce Avenue Cambuslang
Received 8 Jun 2005Cambuslang Investment Park (Gateway Glasgow) Clydesmill Road Glagow
Received 15 Nov 20055 Powmillon Court Strathaven
Received 27 Oct 2005Royal Bank Of Scotland 8 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow
Received 16 Mar 20066 Baillie Drive East Kilbride
Received 8 Mar 20068 Rannoch Green East Kilbride
Received 8 Mar 2006Calderwood Road - Just South Of Junction With Maxwellton Avenue East Kilbride G74 3JJ
Received 8 Mar 2006Brackenridge Road Nr Strathaven
Received 1 Mar 200664 Wilson Place Nerston Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 200620 Trent Place East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 20069 Powbrone Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 200614 Ribblesdale Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 200627 Glen Moriston St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 1 Mar 2006Linwood Avenue East Kilbride
Received 19 Dec 200519 Saskatoon Place Westwood East Kilbride
Received 14 Sept 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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