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30,916 approved · 1,280 refused · 2,268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lambert & Hunter Dentists 72 Cadzow Street Hamilton
Received 8 Jul 2005Highlees Farm Lanark Road Larkhall
Received 8 Jul 2005228 Mill Street Rutherglen
Received 9 Nov 200533 Broomieknowe Drive Rutherglen
Received 9 Nov 200548 Woodside Avenue Rutherglen
Received 9 Nov 2005Brownrig Farm By Lanark
Received 7 Jul 20055 Hamlet East Kilbride
Received 13 Apr 2006Auldhouse Arms Langlands Road Auldhouse East Kilbride
Received 13 Apr 2006Plot 1 Upper Girdwoodend Auchengray
Received 13 Apr 2006Royal Bank Of Scotland Plc 47 Thornton Road Kirkmuirhill ML11 9QE
Received 13 Apr 20062 Carlin Lane Carluke
Received 12 Apr 2006Millholm Wiston
Received 12 Apr 200615 Baird Hill East Kilbride
Received 12 Apr 200614 Weavers Lane Glassford Strathaven
Received 12 Apr 200645 Mardale East Kilbride
Received 10 Apr 200616 Glenlui Avenue Rutherglen
Received 4 Apr 200639 Hawthorn Way Cambuslang
Received 4 Apr 2006Land At Downiebrae Road Dalmarnock
Received 4 Apr 2006Phase 1 The Pleasance Byretown Road Kirkfieldbank
Received 9 Mar 2006Parks (Fiat) 98 Townhead Street Hamilton
Received 13 Jul 20051 Langlea Avenue Cambuslang
Received 8 Jun 200512 Wellington East Kilbride
Received 6 Jun 200512 New Road Chapelton
Received 6 Jun 200522 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 27 May 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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