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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QR
Received 8 Mar 201978 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 11 Mar 20199 Aldton Park Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5US
Received 11 Mar 201918 Struma Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QL
Received 13 Mar 2019227 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JG
Received 13 Mar 2019227 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JG
Received 13 Mar 20198 Roddinghead Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TP
Received 13 Mar 201938 Kintyre Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SR
Received 13 Mar 201923 Netherburn Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UF
Received 13 Mar 201952 Broomvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NP
Received 14 Mar 201947 Ashfield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TX
Received 15 Mar 201971 Culzean Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SW
Received 15 Mar 201916 Cunningham Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EP
Received 15 Mar 201918 Kirklands Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FF
Received 15 Mar 2019145 Kilpatrick Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RN
Received 15 Mar 20194 Whin Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1JG
Received 15 Mar 201950 Torburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7RB
Received 18 Mar 2019Capellie Lodge Fereneze Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3AG
Received 18 Mar 201940 Broompark Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DZ
Received 18 Mar 20195 Edzell Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QX
Received 18 Mar 20199 Summerhill Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BX
Received 19 Mar 20196 Fowlis Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JL
Received 19 Mar 201946 Craighill Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TF
Received 19 Mar 201953 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RQ
Received 19 Mar 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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