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31,176 approved · 1,286 refused · 2,290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
19 Eskdale Drive Rutherglen
Received 26 May 200540 Sherifflats Road Thankerton ML12 6PA
Received 20 May 200518 Fairyknowe Gardens Bothwell
Received 25 May 200532 Auldton Terrace Ashgill
Received 31 May 20057 Barriedale Avenue Hamilton
Received 31 May 2005Adjacent 76 Muirhead Stonehouse
Received 31 May 20053 Secaurin Avenue Stonehouse
Received 31 May 200531/33 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 31 May 200531/33 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 31 May 20051 Maxwell Place Uddingston
Received 31 May 2005Plot 10 (No 51) Broompark Drive Lesmahagow
Received 24 May 2005Land At Bank Farm Pettinain
Received 25 May 2005504 Darvel Road Caldermill By Strathaven
Received 25 May 2005256 Cambuslang Road Cambuslang
Received 24 May 2005Hallside Primary School Newton Station Road Cambuslang
Received 24 May 200545 Lochpark Avenue Carluke ML8 5AS
Received 24 May 2005Yard C Colvilles Road East Kilbride
Received 19 May 200511 Glassford Road Strathaven
Received 19 May 20052A Commercial Road Strathaven
Received 19 May 200536 Bowden Park Westwood East Kilbride
Received 19 May 200515 Kronborg Way Whitehills East Kilbride
Received 17 May 200533 Cantieslaw Drive East Kilbride
Received 17 May 2005Dunsyre Road Newbigging
Received 9 May 2005135 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 9 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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