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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Roddinghead Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TN
Received 31 Jan 201525 Groveburn Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DA
Received 2 Feb 2015104 Stamperland Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HF
Received 2 Feb 201548, 50 And 52 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SA
Received 3 Feb 2015Unit 1 Levern Ind Estate 32 Lochlibo Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LG
Received 3 Feb 2015Carrot Farm Over Enoch Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PN
Received 3 Feb 201532 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 3 Feb 201511 Williamwood Park West Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TE
Received 3 Feb 201510 The Avenue At Mearns 250 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EY
Received 3 Feb 201581 Fereneze Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RX
Received 4 Feb 201576 Newton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QJ
Received 4 Feb 20156 Kilkerran Park Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ZS
Received 4 Feb 201527 Belmont Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NZ
Received 6 Feb 201562 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AQ
Received 6 Feb 2015Petrol Filling Station 60 - 62 Paisley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NN
Received 5 Feb 20154 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SQ
Received 6 Feb 201583 Braidpark Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LY
Received 6 Feb 201523 Ailsa Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RL
Received 9 Feb 20151 Blair Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YF
Received 9 Feb 201513 Picketlaw Way Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BL
Received 10 Feb 201533 Maple Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BQ
Received 10 Feb 2015Pavone Sud Restaurant 34 - 35 The Avenue At Mearns 250 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EY
Received 10 Feb 2015Site Adjacent To North Of Homeburn House Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire
Received 10 Feb 20158 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UP
Received 10 Feb 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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