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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8,029 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
29 Grahamston Park Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NB
Received 5 Jun 2017Site 450M NW Of Nether Carswell Kingston Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 6 Jun 201746 Merryburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DQ
Received 6 Jun 20174 Springhill Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2AA
Received 6 Jun 20173 Kirkvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HD
Received 7 Jun 2017Methodist Church House 100 Paisley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NW
Received 8 Jun 201720 Sunnybank Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7ST
Received 8 Jun 201737 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 9 Jun 20177 Arran Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NL
Received 9 Jun 201718 Percy Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PA
Received 12 Jun 2017Site At Capelrig Road (40m South Of Walden House And Opposite Capelrig Gardens) Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 16 Jun 20174 Norbreck Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AF
Received 12 Jun 2017101 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SN
Received 12 Jun 201729 - 31 Cross Arthurlie Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1QY
Received 12 Jun 20178 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RJ
Received 12 Jun 2017211 Harvie Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LU
Received 12 Jun 20179 Garrick Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5GF
Received 13 Jun 201714 Morar Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UA
Received 13 Jun 201748 Victoria Place Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1GA
Received 14 Jun 20173 Hill Crescent Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DQ
Received 14 Jun 2017Site Adjacent To West Of The Osprey Greenlaw Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 15 Jun 20176 Pilmuir Holdings Malletsheugh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PS
Received 15 Jun 201727 Otterburn Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PZ
Received 16 Jun 201745 Treeburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BB
Received 16 Jun 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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