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
31,176 approved · 1,286 refused · 2,290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Regal Fisheries Meadowfoot Road Drumclog
Received 16 Sept 2005Greyfriars Parish Church 31 Bloomgate Lanark
Received 9 May 2005Pankhurst Industrial Estate St Bryde Street West Mains East Kilbride
Received 9 May 20057 Firlee East Kilbride
Received 9 May 200532 Dunrobin Crescent Stewartfield East Kilbride
Received 9 May 2005Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 6 May 20054 Burncleuch Avenue Cambuslang
Received 6 May 200580 Farme Castle Court Rutherglen
Received 6 May 200538 The Olympia Rothesay Street East Kilbride
Received 16 Sept 20051 Hamilton Street Larkhall
Received 29 Jun 2005107 High Blantyre Road Hamilton
Received 29 Jun 2005Former Public Baths 6-8 Saffronhall Crescent Hamilton
Received 29 Jun 200544 Abercorn Drive Hamilton
Received 29 Jun 200517 Bankfield Drive Hamilton
Received 10 Oct 2005Whitelees Road (Coal Yard) Lanark ML11 7LT
Received 10 Oct 2005Woodend Nursery Mousebank Road Lanark
Received 7 Oct 2005Land At Wester Greenwall Farm Climpy Forth
Received 7 Oct 2005Toftcombs Crescent Stonehouse
Received 12 Sept 200512 Clydesdale Street Hamilton
Received 12 Sept 200528 Paxton Crescent East Kilbride
Received 18 Aug 2005Macartney Body Shop 18 Lithgow Place College Milton Ind Est East Kilbride
Received 17 Aug 200524 Nithsdale East Kilbride
Received 17 Aug 20052 Whiteshaw View Strathaven
Received 12 Aug 2005Strathclyde Aluminium Systems Somervell Street Cambuslang
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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