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30,916 approved · 1,280 refused · 2,268 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
33 Lanark Road Braidwood ML8 4PW
Received 20 Oct 20053 Firlee East Kilbride
Received 20 Oct 2005Plot Adjacent To 2 Mousebank Lane Lanark ML11 7PP
Received 15 Jul 200529 Barbae Place Bothwell
Received 22 Sept 2005Area To Rear Of Westburn Road (Numbers 24-40) And Queens Avenue And Kings Avenue Properties
Received 21 Sept 2005Hazelhead Nursing Home 12 Station Road Carluke
Received 8 Sept 2005Land Adjacent To Crawford Mains Crawford
Received 8 Sept 20056 Anstruther Street Law
Received 8 Sept 2005Broadfield Burnhead Road Symington
Received 8 Sept 2005231 Carlisle Road Kirkmuirhill
Received 8 Sept 2005Site Next To Eastsidewood Farm Auchengray
Received 8 Sept 2005Couthally Terrace/Park Road Carnwath
Received 8 Sept 200517 The Lairs Blackwood ML11 9YW
Received 8 Sept 20055 Waverley Drive Rutherglen
Received 7 Sept 2005130 Westburn Road Cambuslang
Received 7 Sept 2005163 Wellhall Road Hamilton
Received 29 Aug 200515 Austine Drive Hamilton
Received 24 May 2005Hamilton Academicals F.C. Ballast Stadium 6 Cadzow Avenue Hamilton
Received 29 Jul 200546 New Plymouth Westwood East Kilbride
Received 27 Jun 200590 Brownsdale Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jun 200524 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen
Received 17 Feb 2006Macdonald Crutherland House Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Feb 2006Macdonald Crutherland House Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 17 Feb 20068A Wellgate Lanark ML11 9DT
Received 14 Feb 2006Records 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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