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31,311 approved · 1,292 refused · 2,303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Plots 64,65,66,79 & 80 Tobermory Road Cathkin
Received 17 Dec 2008Land Adjacent Duchess Place And Cunningham Road Cambuslang Road Rutherglen
Received 12 Dec 20088 Juniper Grove Hamilton
Received 29 Jan 200921 Millburn Way East Kilbride
Received 12 Feb 200917 Unitas Crescent Carluke ML8 5AW
Received 9 Jan 200949 Main Street Rutherglen
Received 10 Feb 200998 Dukes Road Cambuslang
Received 6 Feb 20097 Hapton View Strathaven ML10 6UH
Received 25 Nov 2008Land At Craigie Brae Lesmahagow ML11 0BU
Received 28 Nov 200826 Church Street Larkhall
Received 10 Dec 2008The Parkville 296 Glasgow Road Blantyre
Received 3 Dec 200890 Hagholm Road Cleghorn ML11 7SG
Received 13 Jan 20093 Baird Gardens Blantyre
Received 10 Dec 200891 Lilac Wynd Cambuslang
Received 25 Nov 2008Opposite 11 Cartland Road Cartland ML11 7RF
Received 2 Feb 200911 Willow Place Lanark ML11 9FY
Received 20 Jan 2009Unit E Watt Place Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre
Received 24 Nov 200819 South Avenue Blantyre Industrial Estate Blantyre
Received 8 Dec 200825 Grant Court Hamilton
Received 3 Dec 20081 Traquair Wynd Blantyre
Received 3 Feb 200931B Clyde Street Carluke ML8 5BA
Received 13 Jan 200911 Castlehill Road Carluke ML8 5EN
Received 30 Jan 20099 Saddlers Court Strathaven
Received 3 Feb 2009Hall St Bryde Street East Kilbride
Received 4 Dec 2008Records 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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