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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Rockmount Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DJ
Received 26 Mar 20151 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 26 Mar 20153 Tarff Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LN
Received 27 Mar 201519 Rockburn Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7PE
Received 27 Mar 2015488 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QE
Received 27 Mar 201535 Balmeg Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QJ
Received 27 Mar 2015Unit 5 West Arthurlie Industrial Estate Lochlibo Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LG
Received 27 Mar 201520 Etive Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PN
Received 27 Mar 201540 Maybole Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SY
Received 27 Mar 20156 Langtree Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LN
Received 28 Mar 2015Wychen Hill Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 30 Mar 201582 Gordon Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TN
Received 30 Mar 2015The Beeches 2 Old Humbie Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DF
Received 30 Mar 201512 Seres Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QT
Received 31 Mar 201553 Ravenscliffe Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QS
Received 31 Mar 201555 Fereneze Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RX
Received 1 Apr 201530 Hathaway Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AD
Received 1 Apr 2015British Telecom 101 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 2 Apr 2015Madras Nursery School 61 High Street Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3HJ
Received 2 Apr 2015Plot 117 (formerly Plot 93) Hillfield Capelrig Road Newton Mearns
Received 2 Apr 2015Land At Montfort House 60 Darnley Road East Renfrewshire G78 1TA
Received 3 Apr 2015121 Lomondside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UH
Received 4 Apr 20159 Picketlaw Way Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BL
Received 7 Apr 201511 Grahamston Park Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NB
Received 7 Apr 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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