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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Langtree Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LJ
Received 11 Nov 201512 Rannoch Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LW
Received 11 Nov 2015Rear Of 23/28 And 29/34 The Beeches Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77
Received 11 Nov 2015Carolside Primary School 4 Ashfield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TX
Received 12 Nov 2015Strathview Grove And Strathview Park Netherlee
Received 12 Nov 201511 Kingsford Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TS
Received 12 Nov 201544 Castlehill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LB
Received 13 Nov 201519 Hill Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AN
Received 13 Nov 201522 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 13 Nov 201519 Clyth Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NW
Received 14 Nov 201553 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DD
Received 15 Nov 20155 Millview Meadows Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3ND
Received 16 Nov 20151 Kirklands Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FE
Received 17 Nov 201531 Merrylee Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HR
Received 17 Nov 201510 Evan Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NJ
Received 18 Nov 201542 Oliphant Crescent Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8PU
Received 18 Nov 201515 Paidmyre Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AQ
Received 19 Nov 201544 Lothian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NB
Received 19 Nov 201533 Greenholm Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AJ
Received 20 Nov 201542 Braidholm Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HS
Received 20 Nov 2015Netherfield 11 Glebe Lane Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DS
Received 20 Nov 20159 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AH
Received 23 Nov 201588 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UL
Received 23 Nov 201519 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HR
Received 23 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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