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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8,029 approved · 685 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Kirkton Court Eaglesham East Renfrewshire
Received 12 Jul 20171 Eagle Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6WN
Received 6 Jul 2017Unit 4A Burnfield House 4A Burnfield Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7TL
Received 7 Jul 2017Belmont House School 17 Sandringham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
Received 7 Jul 2017Site Bounded By Springfield And Springhill Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 7 Jul 201728 Firwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LR
Received 12 Jul 20172 Blackfarm Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HT
Received 11 Jul 201714 Mafeking Terrace Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3LP
Received 12 Jul 20175 Dalrymple Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BB
Received 12 Jul 2017Land Adjacent To North Of Neilston Carpark High Street Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 12 Jul 2017Site To Rear Of 17 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 12 Jul 20177 Dalserf Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RB
Received 12 Jul 201710 Torrington Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LF
Received 14 Jul 201780 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BF
Received 14 Jul 201712 Davieland Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LA
Received 14 Jul 20171 Seyton Court Seyton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QA
Received 14 Jul 201757 Mansefield Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EA
Received 17 Jul 201761 St Marys Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2TL
Received 17 Jul 201714 Lawfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EG
Received 17 Jul 20178 Lauriston Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YP
Received 18 Jul 2017454 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QF
Received 18 Jul 2017Flat 7 Broomburn Court 10 Broomburn Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JG
Received 19 Jul 2017Mearns Parish Church 404 Eaglesham Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BU
Received 20 Jul 2017Mearns Parish Church 404 Eaglesham Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BU
Received 20 Jul 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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