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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.
8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Rouken Glen Golf Centre 3 Stewarton Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7UZ
Received 11 Jul 201637 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JS
Received 12 Jul 2016261 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 12 Jul 20161 Carlibar Gardens Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LZ
Received 13 Jul 201627 Drumby Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HN
Received 13 Jul 201628 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UL
Received 14 Jul 201649 Netherplace Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6BU
Received 15 Jul 20169 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SQ
Received 18 Jul 201610A Carmunnock Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SZ
Received 18 Jul 20165 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 18 Jul 20163 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 18 Jul 201616 Westerlands Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YJ
Received 18 Jul 201665 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QN
Received 18 Jul 2016Linthorpe 5 Cadzow Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RD
Received 19 Jul 2016Unit 7 3 Greenlaw Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GR
Received 19 Jul 2016313 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NH
Received 19 Jul 201666 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 19 Jul 201666 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 19 Jul 20161 Convent Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2FD
Received 20 Jul 20164 Drumby Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HL
Received 20 Jul 2016East Uplaw 12 Muirhead Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4DA
Received 20 Jul 2016Site 30M Southeast Of 50 Burnbank Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Jul 20163 Humbie Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AZ
Received 20 Jul 2016Giffnock Bowling Club 2 - 6 Percy Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PA
Received 20 Jul 2016Records 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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