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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8,029 approved · 685 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Drumby Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HJ
Received 19 Mar 20187 Westerlands Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YJ
Received 19 Mar 2018Land At Neilston Road (North-east Of Gleniffer View And South West Of Fairways) Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 19 Mar 201829 Paidmyre Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AQ
Received 20 Mar 201825 Florence Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UN
Received 20 Mar 2018Site North Of Uplawmoor Primary School Tannoch Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Mar 20188 Paidmyre Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AH
Received 21 Mar 201859 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EH
Received 21 Mar 201811 Dunvegan Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EB
Received 21 Mar 20185 Victoria Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BP
Received 23 Mar 201824 Williamwood Park Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TD
Received 23 Mar 201832 Cochran Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JS
Received 26 Mar 201815 Castleton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LH
Received 26 Mar 201844 Woodlands Crescent Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7SR
Received 26 Mar 201822 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SQ
Received 11 Apr 20186 Evan Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NJ
Received 27 Mar 201818 Stamperland Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HG
Received 27 Mar 2018Cartside House West Riverside Terrace Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8EA
Received 28 Mar 20186 Eddington Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AX
Received 28 Mar 201819 Laigh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EX
Received 28 Mar 2018Aincroft 18 Neidpath Road West Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SS
Received 29 Mar 2018Land At Rear Of 3 Dealston Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NL
Received 29 Mar 201810 Stamperland Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HE
Received 29 Mar 20182 Bankfoot Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UL
Received 29 Mar 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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