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
31,053 approved · 1,284 refused · 2,279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
128 Almada Street Hamilton
Received 15 Sept 20057 Laverock Avenue Hamilton
Received 15 Sept 2005Ayr Road Rigside
Received 9 Sept 2005Land At Corner Of Bellas Avenue/New Kayes Road Kirkfieldbank Lanark ML11 9UL
Received 9 Sept 200566 Drummond Hill East Kilbride
Received 30 Aug 20051 Woodhill Road Strathaven
Received 30 Aug 2005Centrewest Shopping Centre 300 Cornwall Street East Kilbride
Received 9 Aug 20059 Inglewood Crescent Hairmyres East Kilbride
Received 4 Jul 2005Avonpark Care Home Gallowhill Lesmahagow Road Strathaven
Received 4 Jul 200515 Sherbrooke Place Westwood East Kilbride
Received 4 Jul 20051 Mavor Avenue East Kilbride
Received 4 Jul 2005Over Lethame Farm Strathaven
Received 4 Jul 20055A Wilson Place East Kilbride
Received 4 Jul 2005Rowhead Cottage Biggar
Received 2 Jun 2005Hyndshawland Farm Elsrickle Near Biggar ML12 6RD
Received 2 Jun 2005Hayhill Road Jackton East Kilbride
Received 1 Jun 200531 Saltire Crescent Larkhall
Received 18 May 2005Oaklea 3 East Kilbride Road Cathkin
Received 18 May 20051 Carlisle Road Hamilton
Received 31 May 2005198 Machanhill Larkhall
Received 31 May 200526 Camnethan Street Stonehouse
Received 31 May 2005The George Bar 16 - 18 Campbell Street Hamilton
Received 31 May 200543 Camnethan Street Stonehouse
Received 31 May 200510 Clydeford Drive Uddingston
Received 31 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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