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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.
8,031 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EJ
Received 14 May 201831 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AU
Received 15 May 201816 Crosslees Drive Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DS
Received 16 May 201843 Hazelwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QT
Received 17 May 201822 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 17 May 2018Craigmhor Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RS
Received 17 May 20189 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QX
Received 17 May 201848 Newford Grove Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8QZ
Received 18 May 2018Abbeyfield House 8 Kirkview Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 18 May 201857 Riverside Road Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DQ
Received 18 May 201851 Laigh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EX
Received 18 May 201817 Sunnyside Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7PX
Received 17 May 2018Land To The East Of The M77, South Of The A77 And West Of The Old Ayr Road Newton Mearns
Received 18 May 201859 Eastwoodmains Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HQ
Received 21 May 2018105 Ormonde Crescent Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SW
Received 21 May 201858 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 21 May 201858 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 21 May 201811 Manderston Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GG
Received 22 May 20181 Duncarnock Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JW
Received 22 May 201872 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8HU
Received 22 May 2018615 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QD
Received 23 May 201863 Braidholm Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EN
Received 23 May 201845 Southview Avenue Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8PX
Received 24 May 2018Adjacent To 4 Netherplace Cottages Netherplace Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 24 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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