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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JX
Received 11 Aug 201524 Sunningdale Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PD
Received 13 Aug 20151 Cruachan Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2DP
Received 14 Aug 201518 Glendoune Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TT
Received 14 Aug 2015Land To South West Of Blaircourt Cottage Glasgow Road Hurlet
Received 14 Aug 2015171 Randolph Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AT
Received 15 Aug 201593 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XT
Received 15 Aug 201511 Grahamston Park Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NB
Received 17 Aug 2015Floak Quarry Ayr Road Newton Mearns
Received 14 Aug 201574 Craighill Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TD
Received 17 Aug 20152 Logan Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LZ
Received 17 Aug 20151 Denholm Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RN
Received 17 Aug 201517 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QD
Received 18 Aug 2015275 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 18 Aug 2015The Firs 1 Broomfield Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TS
Received 18 Aug 20155 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QX
Received 18 Aug 201569 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8HX
Received 18 Aug 201534 Cruachan Way Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2LG
Received 18 Aug 20152 Glen Rinnes Drive Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3QX
Received 18 Aug 201523 Bulloch Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NF
Received 18 Aug 2015Treetops 10 Lethington Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TB
Received 18 Aug 201572 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LG
Received 18 Aug 201589 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 19 Aug 201562 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RG
Received 20 Aug 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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