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
30,974 approved · 1,282 refused · 2,273 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
302 Bankhead Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Jun 200516 Glen Farrar St Leonards East Kilbride
Received 21 Sept 20054 Earls Gate Bothwell
Received 12 Aug 2005New Calderglen Nursing Home Blantyre
Received 12 Aug 2005Langlands Greenhills Road East Kilbride
Received 19 Jul 2005172 Clydesdale Avenue Hamilton
Received 11 Oct 2005Hamilton Palace Sports Grounds Moathill Road Hamilton
Received 7 Oct 2005Site Of Former Waterworks Strathaven Road Hamilton
Received 7 Oct 200560 Meadows Avenue Larkhall
Received 19 Aug 2005Vacant Ground At Whistleberry Drive/Abbotsford Road Whitehill Hamilton
Received 6 Oct 200520 Glenburn Avenue Cambuslang
Received 9 Sept 2005Glenlee Primary School Reid Street Hamilton
Received 2 Sept 20055 Kersewell Terrace Kaimend
Received 6 May 2005Hamilton Water Waste Treatment Works Bothwell Road Hamilton
Received 3 May 2005High Lanrigg Stonehouse
Received 3 May 2005Hamilton Race Course Bothwell Road Hamilton South Lanarkshire ML3 0DW
Received 3 May 200530 Bertram Street Hamilton
Received 2 Sept 20057 John Knox Lane Hamilton
Received 2 Sept 2005Icm House Technology Avenue Hamilton International Park Blantyre
Received 2 Sept 200579 McNeil Street Larkhall
Received 2 Sept 20054 Brooklands Avenue Uddingston
Received 2 Sept 2005Unit 9 Block 2 First Road Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre
Received 2 Sept 200566 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 2 Sept 2005Strathaven Road East Kilbride
Received 13 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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