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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Boots Pharmacy 61B Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RX
Received 23 Nov 201568 Brackenrig Crescent Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HF
Received 23 Nov 20156 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7BT
Received 24 Nov 201594 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PW
Received 24 Nov 201544 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QP
Received 24 Nov 201525 Kinloch Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LY
Received 26 Nov 2015118 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SL
Received 26 Nov 201510 Vardar Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QP
Received 26 Nov 2015163 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BW
Received 27 Nov 20159, 10 And 11 The Toll Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7BG
Received 30 Nov 201530 Evan Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NJ
Received 30 Nov 20151 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 30 Nov 20151 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 30 Nov 20159, 10 And 11 The Toll Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7BG
Received 30 Nov 201511 Arisdale Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HE
Received 30 Nov 201514 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UB
Received 30 Nov 2015Davie The Artist 76 Cross Arthurlie Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1RP
Received 1 Dec 201521 Carmunnock Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SZ
Received 1 Dec 201520 Alyth Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8PD
Received 2 Dec 201521 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HR
Received 2 Dec 201521 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 2 Dec 20156 Morven Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QH
Received 2 Dec 2015Outside Whole Foods Store Entrance Junction Of Fenwick Road With Dalmeny Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6XN
Received 3 Dec 2015Outside 221 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JG
Received 3 Dec 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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