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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
2 Linwood Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8DA
Received 9 Mar 2017Whitecraigs Rugby Club 199 Aurs Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PX
Received 9 Mar 201792 Dorian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NS
Received 9 Mar 2017National Trust Greenbank House High Flender Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8RB
Received 9 Mar 201725 Daisy Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FW
Received 10 Mar 201788 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 10 Mar 201717 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LT
Received 10 Mar 20172 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JP
Received 10 Mar 2017Site Encompassing Lyoncross Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 13 Mar 201721 Moorburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AN
Received 13 Mar 2017272 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LY
Received 13 Mar 201723 Mallots View Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FD
Received 13 Mar 2017Towerwood Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NP
Received 13 Mar 2017Ard An Righ Shawhill Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BY
Received 13 Mar 201735 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QY
Received 13 Mar 201737 Poplar Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QZ
Received 13 Mar 2017Tickety Boo-tigue 1 Helena Place Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RB
Received 14 Mar 201762 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AQ
Received 14 Mar 20173 Rossie Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YQ
Received 14 Mar 201727 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 14 Mar 201728 Stamperland Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8EZ
Received 14 Mar 201753 Southview Avenue Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8QE
Received 15 Mar 2017131 The Oval Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LX
Received 15 Mar 20177 St Vigeans Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FB
Received 15 Mar 2017Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 East Renfrewshire, 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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