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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.
8,027 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
32 Merrycrest Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6BQ
Received 2 Nov 20161 Ladeside Close Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TZ
Received 3 Nov 201610 Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XL
Received 3 Nov 201670 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UX
Received 4 Nov 2016Land 16M West Of 1 Field Road Busby East Renfrewshire
Received 4 Nov 201668 Paisley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NN
Received 4 Nov 201610 Townhead Cottages Townhead Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6AG
Received 11 Nov 20169 Garrick Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5GF
Received 7 Nov 201621 Briarlea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DS
Received 7 Nov 20169 Edenhall Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TS
Received 8 Nov 201627 Linn Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3PT
Received 8 Nov 2016149 Randolph Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AT
Received 9 Nov 2016Flat 1A Woodend 21 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JN
Received 10 Nov 2016474 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QE
Received 10 Nov 201619 Highfield Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SP
Received 10 Nov 201619 Caplethill Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1HU
Received 11 Nov 201694 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UX
Received 11 Nov 201625 Laigh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EX
Received 11 Nov 2016101 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SN
Received 14 Nov 201643 Broompark Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DZ
Received 14 Nov 201623 Carmunnock Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SZ
Received 15 Nov 2016Land To The 24 And 9 Manderston Meadow Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GL
Received 15 Nov 20161 Randolph Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AR
Received 16 Nov 201671 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UJ
Received 16 Nov 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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