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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 5 Mar 201531 Netherhill Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XF
Received 5 Mar 20156 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RJ
Received 6 Mar 2015Sandmar Fereneze Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3AG
Received 6 Mar 2015114 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XT
Received 6 Mar 201567 Mansefield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DT
Received 6 Mar 201539A Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SD
Received 6 Mar 2015Land At Pollick Avenue Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AE
Received 8 Mar 2015Capellie Landfill Site Fereneze Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3AG
Received 9 Mar 201539A Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SD
Received 9 Mar 2015Barrhead High School And The Johnny Kelly Pavilion Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 9 Mar 201520 Kirktonfield Drive Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3PJ
Received 9 Mar 201538 Stewart Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1UU
Received 9 Mar 2015Sarona 5 South Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JB
Received 10 Mar 201525 Eddington Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AX
Received 10 Mar 2015Co-Operative Food 115 Main Street Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3NH
Received 11 Mar 201523 Hill Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AN
Received 11 Mar 20155 Arden Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AF
Received 12 Mar 201520 Worsley Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DW
Received 12 Mar 20157 Lister Gardens Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JQ
Received 13 Mar 20153 Moss Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1JN
Received 13 Mar 20159 Park Crescent Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JD
Received 13 Mar 201511 Otterburn Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PZ
Received 14 Mar 201511 Otterburn Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PZ
Received 14 Mar 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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