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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thorncliffe 11 Cadzow Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RD
Received 3 Dec 201570 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 3 Dec 2015Walton Manor Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 4 Dec 201510 Wellmeadow Farm Meadow Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XJ
Received 4 Dec 2015Day-Today Express 91B Glasgow Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1BX
Received 5 Dec 2015Day-Today Express 91B Glasgow Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1BX
Received 5 Dec 201578 Ormonde Crescent Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SW
Received 7 Dec 20158 Percy Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PA
Received 8 Dec 201568 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UL
Received 9 Dec 2015Crookfur Primary School Capelrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LF
Received 9 Dec 2015130 Kilpatrick Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RW
Received 10 Dec 2015162 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SL
Received 10 Dec 2015162 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SL
Received 10 Dec 2015157 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UU
Received 10 Dec 201512 Edzell Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QU
Received 10 Dec 201537 Broompark Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DZ
Received 10 Dec 2015552 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RT
Received 10 Dec 2015Cartvale Bar 25 Main Street Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DS
Received 10 Dec 20156 Robslee Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AP
Received 10 Dec 2015Site Adjacent To 25 Broadlie Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 10 Dec 201517 Laurel Way Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1DX
Received 10 Dec 2015Cross Arthurlie School House 9 Fern Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1JF
Received 12 Dec 2015Smiddyhill Farm Uplawmoor Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 14 Dec 20159 St Catherines Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JN
Received 15 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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