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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Gertrude Place Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1JY
Received 16 Oct 201878 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 16 Oct 2018Maybank 135 Gateside Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1TT
Received 16 Oct 201817 Crofthead Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QQ
Received 17 Oct 201842 Whitton Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EG
Received 17 Oct 2018Land At Neilston Road (south West Of Fairways) Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 18 Oct 2018Stonebyres South Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PH
Received 18 Oct 201836 Ayr Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RZ
Received 19 Oct 201885 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 19 Oct 201825 Bulloch Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NF
Received 22 Oct 201885 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 22 Oct 2018Castlehill House 79 Humbie Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PT
Received 22 Oct 201846 Greenholm Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AH
Received 22 Oct 20181 Ballantrae Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TB
Received 22 Oct 2018Land At Bennan Farm Langlee Road Loganswell Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SB
Received 22 Oct 201822 Lyoncross Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2SW
Received 23 Oct 2018Eastwoodhill Eventide Home 238 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UU
Received 24 Oct 201818 Craignethan Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SQ
Received 25 Oct 20187 Tinto Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2AY
Received 25 Oct 2018322 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0EW
Received 25 Oct 201847 Newtonlea Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QF
Received 26 Oct 201847 Hillview Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JG
Received 26 Oct 201819 Laggan Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LP
Received 26 Oct 2018The Lofts 131 Netherplace Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PP
Received 26 Oct 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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