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
31,243 approved · 1,289 refused · 2,296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Castle Gate Bothwell
Received 27 Nov 2008Lanark Grammar School Kirklands Road Lanark ML11 9AQ
Received 14 Nov 200869 Coalburn Road Coalburn
Received 24 Nov 20084 Mousebank Lane Lanark ML11 7PP
Received 4 Dec 200831 Pentland Road East Kilbride G75 9GF
Received 24 Nov 2008Carnwath Road Carluke
Received 22 Dec 200811 Stuart Drive Lanark ML11 7HE
Received 8 Jan 200930 Hyndford Road Lanark ML11 9AE
Received 24 Nov 200826 Meadowbank Avenue Strathaven ML10 6JS
Received 24 Nov 200818 Marquis Avenue Hamilton
Received 30 Dec 2008Land Adjacent To 304 Main Street High Blantyre
Received 30 Dec 20082 Wallace Wynd Cambuslang
Received 24 Dec 2008Plot 2 Upper Throughburn Farm Forth, ML11 8HD
Received 16 Dec 200852 Buchanan Drive Rutherglen
Received 24 Dec 2008Alpha House Douglas Water ML11 9TX
Received 15 Dec 200871-73 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 24 Dec 200840 Victoria Street Larkhall
Received 27 Nov 200821 Broompark Drive Lesmahagow ML11 0DH
Received 22 Dec 2008Greenelms Trading Estate 9 Grays Road Uddingston
Received 27 Nov 200829 Cleland Place East Kilbride G74 3EL
Received 24 Nov 200822 Redwood Close Hamilton
Received 20 Nov 2008Dovesdale Farm Carlisle Road Stonehouse
Received 25 Nov 20081 Biggar Business Park Market Road Biggar ML12 6FX
Received 4 Dec 200859 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 26 Jan 2009Records 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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