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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8,025 approved · 684 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
6 Lochbroom Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DY
Received 31 Mar 201625 Kirkton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JE
Received 31 Mar 201642 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QQ
Received 31 Mar 201686 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LU
Received 31 Mar 201611 Greenbank Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SG
Received 31 Mar 2016Patterton Farm Bungalow Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NR
Received 1 Apr 2016Site Between 216 And 220 Ayr Road (Former Mearns Primary School Site) Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 1 Apr 2016Land To The Rear Of Eastwood House Eastwood Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JS
Received 1 Apr 2016STREET RECORD Herndon Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 1 Apr 20161 Gordon Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TG
Received 1 Apr 20162 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JX
Received 4 Apr 20163 Sunningdale Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PE
Received 4 Apr 201618 Glen Mark Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3QU
Received 4 Apr 2016Bonnyton Farm Bonnyton Moor Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PY
Received 4 Apr 201625 Blackhouse Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HU
Received 4 Apr 201630 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 5 Apr 20168 Victoria Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BP
Received 5 Apr 2016Rouken Glen Veterinary Surgery East Lodge Rouken Glen Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JZ
Received 5 Apr 20163 Newton Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PG
Received 6 Apr 201616 Woodlands Crescent Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7SR
Received 6 Apr 201618 Meadowhill Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SX
Received 6 Apr 20165 Beechwood Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UY
Received 7 Apr 201621 Merryton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DU
Received 8 Apr 2016400 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QF
Received 8 Apr 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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