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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8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Harelaw Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JL
Received 2 May 20171 Kirklands Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FE
Received 2 May 2017Ashview 23 Roddinghead Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TR
Received 2 May 2017Site 880M E Of Mossneuk Farm Sergeantlaw Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 28 Apr 2017Little Loch Byre Cairn Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SG
Received 2 May 201714 Carolside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AE
Received 3 May 2017Faside House Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RT
Received 3 May 20177 Waterfoot Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RU
Received 3 May 20178 Maidens Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SL
Received 4 May 201772 Woodbank Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DR
Received 4 May 20177 Otterburn Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UJ
Received 4 May 20179 Threave Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YD
Received 5 May 2017Site Adjacent To South Of 6-16 Sykes Terrace Springfield Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 5 May 2017131 Greenwood Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7LL
Received 5 May 201759 Groveburn Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DA
Received 8 May 2017Adjacent Site With Lockups West Of 6 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire
Received 8 May 2017Site 10M South Of 36 Castleton Drive Castleton Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 8 May 2017Land At Springhill Road And Glanderston Road East Renfrewshire
Received 8 May 2017Site 425 Metres West Of Glanderston Mains Farm (within Glanderston Woods) Glanderston Road East Renfrewshire
Received 8 May 2017Flat 2-1 And 2-2 6 Chappell Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1EZ
Received 8 May 2017104 Ormonde Crescent Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SW
Received 8 May 2017117 Hillview Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7LE
Received 8 May 201761 Hillend Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XU
Received 8 May 201715 Percy Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NZ
Received 8 May 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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