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
31,311 approved · 1,292 refused · 2,303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Milrig Road Rutherglen
Received 15 Dec 200810 Woodside Walk Strathaven
Received 3 Dec 2008Land At Hornal Road Uddingston
Received 13 Feb 200916 Kirkstone Close East Kilbride
Received 9 Feb 200956 Callaghan Wynd Bardykes Grove Estate Blantyre
Received 8 Jan 2009Dykend House Muttonhole Road Hamilton
Received 11 Feb 200971 Skylands Rise Hamilton
Received 4 Feb 20094 Chateau Grove Hamilton
Received 2 Feb 2009Newton Farm Cambuslang
Received 16 Feb 200922 Tulliallan Place St Leonards East Kilbride G74 2E6
Received 28 Jan 200948 Greenhill Road Rutherglen
Received 13 Feb 200951 Fairlie East Kilbride
Received 24 Dec 2008Land To Rear Of 53 & 55 Waterloo Road Lanark ML11 7QW
Received 13 Feb 2009Boots 43 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow
Received 15 Dec 200810 St Stephens Crescent Rutherglen
Received 12 Dec 20085 Graham Avenue East Kilbride
Received 3 Dec 2008Moorlands Manse Road Symington
Received 27 Nov 2008Fullwood Farm Nr Kilncadzow ML8 4QS
Received 27 Nov 200833 Acacia Way Cambuslang
Received 13 Feb 200933 Carlisle Road Hamilton
Received 11 Feb 20091 Dunvegan Place East Kilbride G74 4DH
Received 24 Dec 2008223 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 12 Jan 20091A Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 13 Feb 200914 Station Gate Netherburn
Received 4 Feb 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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