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31,311 approved · 1,292 refused · 2,303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Bouverie Street Rutherglen
Received 28 Nov 20085 Belstane Mews Carluke ML8 4EU
Received 21 Jan 200989 Castlegate Lanark
Received 28 Nov 200810 Whitehill Crescent Lanark ML11 9HG
Received 19 Jan 2009Mount Herrick Crawfordjohn ML12 6SX
Received 9 Jan 200912 Lowther View Leadhills ML12 6XZ
Received 2 Feb 2009Lady Watson Gardens Hamilton
Received 3 Feb 20098 Crossbow Gardens Blantyre
Received 24 Nov 200879 Grenville Drive Cambuslang
Received 25 Nov 200838 Gateside Street Hamilton
Received 3 Dec 20085 Springfield Avenue Uddingston
Received 7 Jan 20096 Bay Willow Court Cambuslang
Received 20 Jan 2009425 Kingsbridge Drive Rutherglen
Received 20 Jan 200916 Mill Road Bothwell
Received 2 May 200819 Mill Walk Cambuslang
Received 25 Nov 2008Block 1 Springhill Industrial Estate Angus Terrace Douglas ML11 0RA
Received 28 Nov 20083 Hallcraig Place Carluke ML8 5UJ
Received 2 Feb 2009Plot 2 Old Mill Road Bothwell
Received 10 Dec 2008Leapark Cobblehaugh Farm Lanark, ML11 8SG
Received 9 Jan 200910 Greenlees Road Cambuslang
Received 28 Nov 200853 Redwood Crescent Hamilton
Received 24 Nov 200815 Springbank Hillpark Gardens Lesmahagow ML11 0FE
Received 13 Nov 20084 Abbeygreen Lesmahagow ML11 0DB
Received 21 Nov 200818/22 Quarry Street Hamilton
Received 8 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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