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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.
8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Moorhill Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6BW
Received 7 Jan 202543 Edzell Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QX
Received 8 Jan 202537 Grampian Way Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2EE
Received 8 Jan 20253 Maybole Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SX
Received 9 Jan 2025Land At 11-23 Beechlands Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G44 3YT
Received 9 Jan 2025Shafi Continental Unit 1 2 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7SH
Received 8 Jan 2025Shafi Continental Unit 1 2 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7SH
Received 8 Jan 202568 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EH
Received 10 Jan 2025Land At 82 To 84 Cross Arthurlie Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 10 Jan 202529 Stewart Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EY
Received 10 Jan 202529 Stewart Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EY
Received 10 Jan 2025165 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BW
Received 10 Jan 202529 Orchy Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8NB
Received 13 Jan 202530 Stewart Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EZ
Received 13 Jan 202554 To 60 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SA
Received 13 Jan 2025Land At Springfield Road And Aurs Road Barrhead G77 6PQ
Received 14 Jan 2025Land At Springfield Road And Aurs Road Barrhead G77 6PQ
Received 14 Jan 2025Land At Springfield Road And Aurs Road Barrhead G77 6PQ
Received 14 Jan 20252 Barnhill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FY
Received 14 Jan 2025Hazelwood 3 Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 14 Jan 20252 Easter Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8HS
Received 14 Jan 202524 Hillfield Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GD
Received 14 Jan 202525 Neidpath Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TX
Received 16 Jan 20254 Ailsa Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RL
Received 16 Jan 2025Records 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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