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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Kilkerran Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ZT
Received 30 Oct 20152 Westbrae Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EQ
Received 30 Oct 201544 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QP
Received 30 Oct 201572 Lismore Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UQ
Received 2 Nov 2015Site 220M West Of Remains Of Cowden Hall Lochlibo Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 2 Nov 2015Gorbals Water Treatment Works Corselet Road East Of Barrhead East Renfrewshire G53 7RN
Received 2 Nov 20159, 10 And 11 The Toll Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7BG
Received 2 Nov 201570 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 3 Nov 201573 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AG
Received 4 Nov 2015Liv 43 - 44 Mackinley Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EZ
Received 4 Nov 2015Caldwell Tower Oldbarn Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AR
Received 4 Nov 201574 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 4 Nov 2015Aldi Greenlaw Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 5 Nov 20155 Beechwood Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UY
Received 5 Nov 2015Broadlees Cottage Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 6 Nov 20152 Balgray Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2NE
Received 6 Nov 2015Flenders Farm Low Flender Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8RD
Received 6 Nov 201517 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JG
Received 6 Nov 201525 Forres Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LH
Received 7 Nov 201564 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AQ
Received 9 Nov 201528 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XB
Received 9 Nov 20153 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RL
Received 10 Nov 20159 Lauderdale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AP
Received 10 Nov 201516 Victoria Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BP
Received 10 Nov 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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