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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 St Clair Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QH
Received 5 Feb 201945 Whitton Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EF
Received 6 Feb 201948 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LP
Received 6 Feb 201966 Stamperland Hill Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AQ
Received 6 Feb 2019Carolside Nursery Ashfield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TX
Received 6 Feb 201936 Sandringham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
Received 7 Feb 201958 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 7 Feb 201935 Barlae Avenue Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DA
Received 8 Feb 201969 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UA
Received 8 Feb 2019Land Adjacent To Greenlaw Drive And Waterside Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 8 Feb 20196 Libo Avenue Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AL
Received 11 Feb 20193 Craigie Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DA
Received 11 Feb 2019The Toby Carvery Glasgow Road Hurlet Barrhead East Renfrewshire G53 7TG
Received 11 Feb 201936 Stamperland Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LH
Received 11 Feb 201918 Primrose Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FS
Received 11 Feb 201918 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UB
Received 11 Feb 201916 Kirkle Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HA
Received 11 Feb 201916 Rose Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GQ
Received 12 Feb 201917 Hillfield Brae Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GF
Received 13 Feb 2019Unit 4 6 Cogan Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1QP
Received 14 Feb 2019Balgray House Fingalton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PG
Received 14 Feb 2019Balgray House Fingalton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PG
Received 14 Feb 201944 Easterton Avenue Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JJ
Received 14 Feb 201924 Kirkdene Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SA
Received 14 Feb 2019Records 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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