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
30,916 approved · 1,280 refused · 2,268 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2005 to 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Princes Gate Bothwell
Received 17 Aug 20051 Turnberry Wynd Bothwell
Received 8 Aug 200519 Holmwood Gardens Uddingston
Received 8 Aug 20051-3 Colvilles Place Kelvin Industrial Estate East Kilbride
Received 8 Aug 20052 Wellshot Drive Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 20056 Newpark Crescent Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 20053 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 2005Shieldhill Hotel Quothquan
Received 4 Aug 20052A Beech Avenue Cambuslang
Received 29 Jul 200533 Highburgh Drive Rutherglen
Received 29 Jul 20056 Dunard Court Carluke
Received 22 Jul 200537 Lockhart Street Stonehouse
Received 13 Sept 200556 Canonbie Avenue Mavor Park Gardens East Kilbride
Received 8 Jun 20055 Lauder Green East Kilbride
Received 8 Jun 200560 Salisbury Calderwood East Kilbride
Received 8 Jun 200539 Morriston Park Drive Cambuslang
Received 20 Sept 200523 East Greenlees Drive Cambuslang
Received 19 Sept 200517 Meadowfoot Road Drumclog
Received 14 Sept 2005341 Lanark Road Auchenheath ML11 9UU
Received 19 Jul 2005Divitos Takeaway 84 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 12 Apr 2006Divitos Takeaway 84 Meikle Earnock Road Hamilton
Received 12 Apr 200664 London Street Larkhall
Received 11 Apr 2006Richmond Court House Richmond Court Rutherglen
Received 7 Oct 20056 Strath Dearn Law
Received 25 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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