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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Dalmeny Park Hotel 10 Lochlibo Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LG
Received 27 Jul 201814 Balvie Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NE
Received 30 Jul 2018Creanich House 52 Kirkton Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3DN
Received 30 Jul 2018708 Clarkston Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G44 3YR
Received 30 Jul 201871 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RQ
Received 30 Jul 2018191 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DQ
Received 30 Jul 2018Site Adjacent To 81 Rouken Glen Road Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire
Received 31 Jul 2018National Trust Greenbank House High Flender Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8RB
Received 31 Jul 201818 Moray Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8NP
Received 31 Jul 20183 Ballantrae Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TB
Received 1 Aug 201879 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DE
Received 1 Aug 2018Caplaw Dam To The West Of Lapwing Lodge Gleniffer Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire PA2 8UL
Received 2 Aug 2018Thornliebank Cenotaph Adjacent To Thornliebank Primary School Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RW
Received 2 Aug 20186 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QX
Received 3 Aug 20189 Etive Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PN
Received 3 Aug 201814 Seyton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QA
Received 3 Aug 201811 Langtree Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LJ
Received 3 Aug 2018Land Adjacent To The Newton Mearns Sewage Treatment Works (East Of Capelrig Drive And South Of Railway Line) Newton Mearns
Received 3 Aug 2018Site 120M Southeast Of Commore Bridge Kingston Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 6 Aug 201853 Campsie Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SE
Received 6 Aug 201811 Wellmeadow Close Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6QW
Received 7 Aug 201870 Grahamston Park Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NJ
Received 7 Aug 20189 Lochbroom Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DY
Received 7 Aug 2018Greystones Lochlibo Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AA
Received 8 Aug 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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