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
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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
24 Cheviot Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AS
Received 21 Jul 2016Cowdenmoor Farm 99 Uplawmoor Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3BH
Received 21 Jul 20162 Borland Crescent Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JA
Received 21 Jul 20164 Ford Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AB
Received 21 Jul 201610 Whitton Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EE
Received 25 Jul 201644 Woodlands Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JQ
Received 25 Jul 201696 Greenwood Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JX
Received 25 Jul 2016105 Eastwoodmains Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HG
Received 25 Jul 201616 Cartsbridge Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DH
Received 26 Jul 20167 Harvie Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LG
Received 26 Jul 201616 Belmont Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PA
Received 27 Jul 20166 Rockburn Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7PE
Received 27 Jul 201648 Rose Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GQ
Received 27 Jul 20162 Lismore Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UQ
Received 27 Jul 20162 Meadowhill Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SX
Received 27 Jul 201638 Broomvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NN
Received 28 Jul 201647 Double Hedges Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JQ
Received 28 Jul 2016157 Paisley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1HT
Received 28 Jul 2016Former Larchfield Nursery Chappell Street Barrhead
Received 28 Jul 201618 Broom Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SD
Received 28 Jul 201625 Knollpark Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SY
Received 29 Jul 2016Waukers Farm Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NT
Received 29 Jul 201638 Atholl Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QP
Received 1 Aug 20162 Croy Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SG
Received 2 Aug 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage