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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Newtonlea Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QA
Received 12 Feb 201511 Gleneagles Gate Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UN
Received 12 Feb 20154 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EU
Received 12 Feb 2015Land At Greenlaw North Of M77 Slip Road And East Of Greenlaw Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 14 Feb 201556 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JP
Received 16 Feb 2015Site Encompassing Lyoncross Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 16 Feb 201591 Ormonde Crescent Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SW
Received 16 Feb 201533 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DH
Received 17 Feb 20157 Glen Falloch Crescent Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3QY
Received 17 Feb 201584 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UX
Received 17 Feb 201511 Seyton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QA
Received 18 Feb 20157 Glendoune Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TT
Received 19 Feb 2015Co-Operative Food 115 Main Street Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3NH
Received 19 Feb 201587 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QR
Received 19 Feb 20159 Newton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BX
Received 20 Feb 20152 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XB
Received 20 Feb 2015Clarkston Carpet Centre 63 - 65 Seres Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7PG
Received 20 Feb 2015281 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 21 Feb 201522 Cuillin Way Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2DT
Received 23 Feb 2015Land At Neilston Road, North-east Of Gleniffer View And South West Of Fairways Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 23 Feb 201522 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QF
Received 23 Feb 201538 Groveburn Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DA
Received 23 Feb 2015Unit 14 3 Greenlaw Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GR
Received 24 Feb 201581 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LG
Received 25 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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