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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Humbie House 31 Humbie Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RX
Received 2 Feb 2016Site 40M To South East Of 4 Newford Grove Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 2 Feb 2016TC Young Turnbull And Ward 54 - 56 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1RE
Received 3 Feb 20163 Elmwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EH
Received 3 Feb 2016Site To Rear Of 5 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire
Received 3 Feb 201661 The Oval Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LT
Received 4 Feb 201615 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QU
Received 4 Feb 201617 Hazellea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6BN
Received 4 Feb 20161A Glenbank Drive Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7EJ
Received 4 Feb 201611 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 8 Feb 201636 Groveburn Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DA
Received 8 Feb 2016Netherfield 11 Glebe Lane Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DS
Received 8 Feb 2016263 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 9 Feb 201610 Birnam Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UE
Received 9 Feb 20162 Gleneagles Gate Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UN
Received 9 Feb 2016Land At Langton Cottage Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PU
Received 9 Feb 2016136 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AH
Received 10 Feb 201664 Alexander Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DW
Received 10 Feb 2016Site 300M North East Of Greenhags Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 10 Feb 20162 Pollock Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HZ
Received 10 Feb 20162 Otterburn Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UJ
Received 10 Feb 2016Site 200M East Of 159 Glasgow Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 11 Feb 2016Rouken Glen Golf Centre 3 Stewarton Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7UZ
Received 11 Feb 2016The Venue 86 Broom Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SR
Received 12 Feb 2016Records 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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