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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8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To The South Of Springfield Road Barrhead
Received 31 Mar 201714 Hazelden Gardens Giffnock East Renfrewshire G44 3HQ
Received 3 Apr 2017Site Encompassing Lyoncross Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 3 Apr 20174 Sunnybank Grove Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SU
Received 4 Apr 2017Land At Maidenhill Newton Mearns
Received 3 Apr 20178 Blackwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BA
Received 4 Apr 20172 Glen Lyon Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3RJ
Received 4 Apr 201747 Newtonlea Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QF
Received 4 Apr 201723 Laigh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EX
Received 5 Apr 20175 Pollock Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HZ
Received 5 Apr 201722 Flenders Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XZ
Received 5 Apr 2017High Noon 9 Elphinstone Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TE
Received 6 Apr 201752 Braeside Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2QD
Received 6 Apr 20171 Glen Lane Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4DF
Received 6 Apr 201779 Kingston Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JE
Received 6 Apr 201728 Woodlands Crescent Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7SR
Received 7 Apr 201736 Leebank Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G44 3XD
Received 7 Apr 201712 Hillside Grove Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1HB
Received 7 Apr 20172 Cartview Court Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8EW
Received 7 Apr 201754 Riverside Road Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DG
Received 7 Apr 20174 Drummond Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XW
Received 10 Apr 20174 Balgray Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PB
Received 10 Apr 2017Herndon Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DW
Received 10 Apr 201715 Keith Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LG
Received 10 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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