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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JY
Received 15 Feb 2019Site Adjacent To 6 Broom Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 15 Feb 201926 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 11 Feb 2019Chavey Down 420 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RY
Received 18 Feb 2019A-Cut Above 103 Main Street Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3NH
Received 18 Feb 2019174 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ED
Received 18 Feb 201913 Erskine Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TH
Received 18 Feb 201975 Seres Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7PG
Received 18 Feb 201942 Cartside Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8QQ
Received 19 Feb 20193 Commore Place Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JJ
Received 18 Feb 201914 Whitelee Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UH
Received 19 Feb 2019153 Burnfield Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PR
Received 19 Feb 201952 Torburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7RB
Received 20 Feb 201912 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SJ
Received 21 Feb 2019156 Capelrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LD
Received 21 Feb 2019Laurel Cottage Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 22 Feb 2019182 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DX
Received 28 Feb 201935 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 22 Feb 2019Hilton 5 Craigie Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DA
Received 22 Feb 201933 Mayfield Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AW
Received 25 Feb 20192 Fowlis Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JL
Received 25 Feb 20198 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 25 Feb 20195 Sherwood Drive Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DH
Received 25 Feb 201936 Kinloch Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LX
Received 25 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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