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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.
8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 6 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PP
Received 5 May 201549 Ravenscliffe Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QS
Received 5 May 201515 Arthurlie Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UR
Received 5 May 2015House O'Hill 20 Titwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RP
Received 5 May 2015Montfort Park 60 Darnley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1TA
Received 6 May 2015127 Kilpatrick Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RJ
Received 6 May 201539 Broomburn Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JF
Received 6 May 201538 Poplar Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QZ
Received 7 May 201520 Duart Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DS
Received 7 May 2015Eastwood High School Capelrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NQ
Received 7 May 2015Moor Lodge Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RS
Received 8 May 20151 Crosslees Cottages Humbie Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PS
Received 8 May 201518 Penrith Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LU
Received 9 May 2015139 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RE
Received 9 May 201590 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AQ
Received 9 May 201531 The Paddock Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SL
Received 11 May 201540 Burnhouse Brae Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RB
Received 11 May 201525 The Loaning Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SF
Received 11 May 2015167 Craighlaw Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0EY
Received 11 May 201512 St Clair Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QH
Received 11 May 2015550 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RT
Received 11 May 201533 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DH
Received 11 May 20153 Rosslea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JW
Received 12 May 201547 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SP
Received 12 May 2015Records 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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