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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8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Alyth Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8PF
Received 27 Mar 201715 Kiloran Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6WT
Received 27 Mar 2017Claphams Helena House 1B Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RB
Received 27 Mar 20171 Maxton Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1DY
Received 27 Mar 201722 Quarrybrae Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SA
Received 27 Mar 201716 Neidpath Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TX
Received 27 Mar 2017Land To The North Of The Former Boylestone Quarry And West Of Brownside Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 28 Mar 201725 Neidpath Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TX
Received 28 Mar 201725 Lawrence Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PF
Received 28 Mar 201748 Broom Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SR
Received 29 Mar 20171 To 5 School Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JN
Received 29 Mar 20175 Kirktonfield Place Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3NF
Received 29 Mar 2017Land To The Rear Of 3 Dealston Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NL
Received 30 Mar 2017Site Adjacent To 6 Broom Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 30 Mar 2017Land Adjacent To The Car Park To The South Of 20 Main Street Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DU
Received 30 Mar 20171 Riverside Lane Riverside Terrace Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DB
Received 30 Mar 201710 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JP
Received 31 Mar 201725 Moray Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8NN
Received 31 Mar 201728 Libo Avenue Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AL
Received 31 Mar 201741 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QQ
Received 31 Mar 201761 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JD
Received 31 Mar 2017Site Adjacent To Mearns Medical Centre Maple Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TU
Received 3 Apr 201721 Rowand Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PE
Received 3 Apr 20175 Darvel Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SQ
Received 3 Apr 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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