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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Cavendish Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NY
Received 12 Jan 2015250 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BZ
Received 12 Jan 20155 Strathearn Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TY
Received 13 Jan 201516 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QX
Received 13 Jan 20151 West Glebe Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NS
Received 13 Jan 20156 Neidpath Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TX
Received 13 Jan 201525 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UH
Received 14 Jan 201539 Polbae Crescent Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LR
Received 14 Jan 20157 Mearnscroft Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QH
Received 15 Jan 201570 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 16 Jan 2015Bridge To Valve Tower Balgray Reservoir West Of Newton Mearns
Received 16 Jan 2015Waulkmill Glen Reservoir Water Tower Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 16 Jan 201570 Hillend Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XX
Received 17 Jan 201560 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 17 Jan 201560 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 18 Jan 201560 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 18 Jan 201536 Harelaw Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JL
Received 19 Jan 201575 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 19 Jan 201521 Priorwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ZZ
Received 19 Jan 20159 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DH
Received 19 Jan 201544 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QP
Received 19 Jan 2015Chappell Wester 53 Gateside Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1EA
Received 20 Jan 2015Chappell Wester 53 Gateside Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1EA
Received 20 Jan 201534 Leebank Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G44 3XD
Received 20 Jan 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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