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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8,029 approved · 685 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Dalserf Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RB
Received 10 Oct 201725 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QQ
Received 10 Oct 201784 Nethervale Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XR
Received 11 Oct 20174 Greenbank Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SG
Received 11 Oct 20171 Greenwood Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AF
Received 11 Oct 201738 Dorian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NR
Received 13 Oct 201720 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LU
Received 16 Oct 201762 Merrycrest Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6BJ
Received 16 Oct 20173 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DH
Received 16 Oct 201763 Eastwoodmains Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HQ
Received 16 Oct 201727 Paidmyre Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AQ
Received 16 Oct 201718 Paidmyre Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AG
Received 17 Oct 20173 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 26 Oct 20179 Westerlands Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YJ
Received 17 Oct 2017Land Adjacent To West And Northeast Of Ryat Lynn Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 17 Oct 20176 Egidia Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NH
Received 17 Oct 2017At Rear Of Indian Platform 340 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RT
Received 27 Oct 2017Braeton 19 Burnside Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6TT
Received 31 Oct 2017Busby Primary School 23 Church Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8EB
Received 18 Oct 2017Land At 15 To 19 Broadlie Road (former Black Horse Public House Site And Opposite Neilston Old Parish Church)
Received 18 Oct 20171 Dunlop Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2FE
Received 18 Oct 2017Unit 1, 1 Burnfield Road, Giffnock
Received 18 Oct 201716 Duncarnock Crescent Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3HH
Received 18 Oct 201792 Dorian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NS
Received 19 Oct 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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