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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Flenders Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XZ
Received 20 May 201528 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JL
Received 20 May 20159 St Clair Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QE
Received 20 May 2015105 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RA
Received 21 May 20158 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SJ
Received 21 May 2015Orchard Park Hotel 2 Park Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PH
Received 22 May 2015Orchard Park Hotel 2 Park Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PH
Received 22 May 201532 Gordon Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TF
Received 22 May 201523 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TH
Received 22 May 2015Site To East Of Lyncrest 20 Shawhill Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 22 May 2015Cowan Park At Rear Of Barrhead High School
Received 23 May 201549 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EJ
Received 23 May 2015Marks And Spencer 16 The Avenue At Mearns 250 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EY
Received 23 May 201533 Manse Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3EX
Received 23 May 2015The Flying Horse 232 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SN
Received 23 May 2015Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians Rugby Club 84 Braidholm Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EB
Received 23 May 201510 Huntly Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LP
Received 25 May 2015101 Springhill Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2BA
Received 25 May 201519 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 26 May 20158 Netherview Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XH
Received 26 May 20155 St Vigeans Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6AN
Received 26 May 20159 Helena Place Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RB
Received 26 May 201531 Netherhill Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XF
Received 27 May 20152 Carleton Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AJ
Received 27 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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