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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Harry Fairbairn 167 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JB
Received 17 May 201967 Merryvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DE
Received 20 May 2019Picketlaw House Harelaw Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3DE
Received 20 May 201975 Nethervale Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XP
Received 20 May 201950 Larchfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QN
Received 20 May 201924A Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 20 May 2019Ardoch Farm Over Enoch Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PL
Received 20 May 201917 Langton Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6QZ
Received 20 May 201916 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JL
Received 21 May 201946 Woodyett Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SB
Received 22 May 201915 Ladeside Close Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TZ
Received 22 May 2019Woodfarm Hall 1 Burns Grove Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7HF
Received 22 May 20192 Eddington Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AX
Received 22 May 2019116 Beechwood Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XG
Received 22 May 2019White Gables 8 Lethington Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TB
Received 23 May 201971 Drumby Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HN
Received 24 May 2019101 Rockmount Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DP
Received 24 May 2019Cartside House West Riverside Terrace Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8EA
Received 27 May 201925 Heathwood Drive Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7BT
Received 27 May 201948 Evan Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NL
Received 28 May 201938 Inglestone Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7HE
Received 29 May 20193 Kirkvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HD
Received 30 May 2019Croftamara 9 Old Humbie Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DF
Received 30 May 20194 Orchard Park Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JJ
Received 31 May 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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