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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8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 Monteith Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8NY
Received 8 May 20171 Windhill Park Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HH
Received 8 May 201712 The Quadrant Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AG
Received 9 May 201787 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QR
Received 9 May 201720 Fowlis Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JL
Received 9 May 201759 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SR
Received 9 May 201711 Blackwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JY
Received 9 May 20173 Lochlibo Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LT
Received 9 May 201711 Westwood Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PD
Received 10 May 201728 Glenville Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AH
Received 10 May 2017326 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0EW
Received 10 May 201738 Ayr Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RZ
Received 10 May 201710 Castleton Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NF
Received 11 May 201715 Crosslees Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7EW
Received 11 May 2017113 Vardar Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RR
Received 11 May 2017Silverwood 95 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AG
Received 12 May 201767 Capelrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UF
Received 12 May 201712 Picketlaw Lane Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BN
Received 15 May 2017Eaglesham Police Station 3 Polnoon Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HS
Received 15 May 20172 Strathearn Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TY
Received 15 May 201719 Caplethill Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1HU
Received 15 May 20174 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 16 May 201769 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UA
Received 16 May 201741 Barlae Avenue Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DA
Received 16 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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