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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.
8,029 approved · 685 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Craigie Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 14 Feb 20183 Humbie Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AZ
Received 15 Feb 201817 Field Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SE
Received 15 Feb 201820 Craighill Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TF
Received 15 Feb 201844 Overlee Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BY
Received 16 Feb 20187 Stamperland Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HD
Received 16 Feb 201835 Highfield Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SW
Received 16 Feb 20185 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 19 Feb 20185 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 19 Feb 201835 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 19 Feb 20185 Kirkdene Bank Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RG
Received 19 Feb 20188 Kestrel Wynd Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6WA
Received 19 Feb 2018Site Encompassing Lyoncross Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 19 Feb 201829 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JY
Received 20 Feb 201831 Chisholm Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HX
Received 20 Feb 201820 Kirkview Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DD
Received 21 Feb 2018Roughwood 17 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AB
Received 21 Feb 20185 Laggan Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LP
Received 21 Feb 201829 Ailsa Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RJ
Received 21 Feb 2018Brooklet Dodside Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PZ
Received 22 Feb 201848 Newford Grove Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8QZ
Received 23 Feb 201821 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 26 Feb 2018Melodie Cottage 4 Old Humbie Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DF
Received 26 Feb 201829 Briarlea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DR
Received 26 Feb 2018Records 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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