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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8,029 approved · 685 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 4 May 20183 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 4 May 201826 Gordon Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HZ
Received 4 May 2018Site 35M East Of 23 Robslee Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire
Received 4 May 201825 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DH
Received 7 May 201842 Melford Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6ND
Received 7 May 20185 Lowndes Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2QX
Received 7 May 2018168 Hillend Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XY
Received 7 May 20184 Balmeg Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QJ
Received 8 May 201829 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JY
Received 8 May 201820 Rosslea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JW
Received 8 May 201859 Mallots View Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FD
Received 9 May 2018Site To North Of Crossmill Industrial Estate Glasgow Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 9 May 201875 Greenwood Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JP
Received 9 May 2018Crossmill 8 Blackbyres Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1DU
Received 9 May 201838 Davieland Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LU
Received 9 May 201828 Picketlaw Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BF
Received 10 May 201820 Etive Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PN
Received 10 May 2018Old Mains Cadzow Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RD
Received 11 May 201839 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QN
Received 11 May 2018218 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NG
Received 14 May 201813 Barrland Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QD
Received 14 May 2018Flat 1-1 16 Bute Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G44 3PS
Received 14 May 2018At Capelrig Burn, South of Islay Drive and East of Barrhead Road, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire
Received 14 May 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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