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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8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Brackenrig Crescent Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HF
Received 16 May 20176 Wellfield Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QL
Received 16 May 2017Office 3A Edward House 4C Burnfield Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7TL
Received 17 May 201751 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QN
Received 17 May 20171 Station Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JF
Received 17 May 201729 Kirktonfield Crescent Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3PU
Received 17 May 201711 Queensberry Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DX
Received 17 May 201715 Castle Gate Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LJ
Received 18 May 2017Site 30 Metres NorthWest Of Mearns House Carehome Broom Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 19 May 201781 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LG
Received 19 May 2017West Hurlet House Glasgow Road Hurlet East Renfrewshire G53 7TH
Received 22 May 2017175 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DQ
Received 22 May 201718 Randolph Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AL
Received 22 May 2017East Caplaw Farm Caplaw Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3AN
Received 22 May 2017Netherplace Works Netherplace Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PP
Received 22 May 201731 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PW
Received 23 May 2017132 Randolph Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AU
Received 23 May 201721 Ballantrae Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TB
Received 23 May 20177 Hazellea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6BN
Received 23 May 201711 North Kirklands Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NS
Received 24 May 20176 Egidia Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NH
Received 25 May 201735 Cedarwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QB
Received 25 May 2017Site Adjacent To West Of 207-302 Glasgow Road Waterfoot East Renfrewshire
Received 25 May 201737 Carmunnock Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8QP
Received 25 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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