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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8,029 approved · 685 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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.
39 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QN
Received 19 Oct 201729 Morar Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UA
Received 19 Oct 201733 Highfield Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SW
Received 19 Oct 20172 Violet Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FQ
Received 20 Oct 201718 Fruin Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HA
Received 23 Oct 20177 Campbell Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2DG
Received 23 Oct 201718 Newton Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PG
Received 23 Oct 201723 Florence Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UN
Received 23 Oct 201722 Alnwick Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AZ
Received 23 Oct 2017Old Mains Cadzow Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RD
Received 24 Oct 201754 Gordon Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TN
Received 24 Oct 201712 Rockmount Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BU
Received 24 Oct 201777 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QW
Received 24 Oct 2017192 Eastwoodmains Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HA
Received 24 Oct 2017William King 164 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6XF
Received 24 Oct 2017Old Mains Cadzow Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RD
Received 24 Oct 2017West Crossgates 46 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AF
Received 25 Oct 20172 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JX
Received 25 Oct 201742 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EJ
Received 26 Oct 20177 Firwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PX
Received 26 Oct 20173 Old Cadrig Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NG
Received 26 Oct 201724 Alnwick Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AZ
Received 26 Oct 201732 Ruthven Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PQ
Received 26 Oct 201732 Gordon Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TF
Received 31 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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