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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
60 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 15 Dec 2015Bank Of Scotland 112 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1RD
Received 16 Dec 20155 Westwood Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PD
Received 17 Dec 201518 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PW
Received 17 Dec 2015Capelrig Paths Newton Mearns
Received 17 Dec 201529 The Quadrant Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AG
Received 17 Dec 201531 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UH
Received 17 Dec 201518 Lauderdale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AP
Received 18 Dec 201527 Riverside Road Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DQ
Received 18 Dec 2015Parklands Country Club 196 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DT
Received 18 Dec 20153 Newton Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PG
Received 20 Dec 201548 Vardar Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RR
Received 21 Dec 20157 Castleton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LH
Received 21 Dec 201513 Cartsbridge Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DP
Received 22 Dec 2015498 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QE
Received 22 Dec 201532 Evan Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NJ
Received 22 Dec 201579 Stamperland Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8EY
Received 22 Dec 20153 Torburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QZ
Received 24 Dec 20158 Traquair Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FH
Received 24 Dec 201537 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 24 Dec 201539 Atholl Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QW
Received 24 Dec 2015Lonsdale 89 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AG
Received 24 Dec 201518 Craigievar Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YE
Received 30 Dec 2015Adjacent Site To West Of Glenkilloch Fereneze Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 30 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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