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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
9 Beauly Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UQ
Received 14 Mar 201519 Eastwood Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LS
Received 14 Mar 2015Site Adjacent To South Of Mearns Castle High School Carpark Waterfoot Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 16 Mar 2015Uplaw Cottage 43 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AF
Received 16 Mar 2015The Old Manse 4 Kirkton Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3HN
Received 18 Mar 201521 Kirkton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JE
Received 19 Mar 201510 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 19 Mar 20156 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SQ
Received 19 Mar 201516 Inverewe Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XH
Received 19 Mar 201536 Ravenscliffe Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QP
Received 20 Mar 20151 Braefield Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DL
Received 20 Mar 201525 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 20 Mar 201538 Broomvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NN
Received 22 Mar 2015Sundrum 11 Neidpath Road West Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SS
Received 22 Mar 20154 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SJ
Received 23 Mar 20152 Robslee Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AP
Received 24 Mar 20151 Alnwick Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AZ
Received 24 Mar 201521 Knollpark Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SY
Received 24 Mar 201534 Burnhouse Brae Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RB
Received 24 Mar 201550 Poplar Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QZ
Received 25 Mar 201581 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RF
Received 25 Mar 201539 Queensberry Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DU
Received 25 Mar 201511 Westwood Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PD
Received 26 Mar 201518 Edzell Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QU
Received 26 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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