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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Norbreck Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AF
Received 10 Jun 201926 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 7 Jun 201915 Heathwood Drive Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7BT
Received 10 Jun 2019257 Bonnyton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NQ
Received 10 Jun 20198 Clover Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JX
Received 10 Jun 2019La Contrada Sub 679A Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SE
Received 11 Jun 20198 Castlemount Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LQ
Received 11 Jun 201962 Poplar Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QZ
Received 12 Jun 201915 The Oval Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LT
Received 12 Jun 20192 Rosslea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JW
Received 13 Jun 2019Melodie Cottage 4 Old Humbie Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DF
Received 13 Jun 201911 St Anns Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JS
Received 13 Jun 2019Southdown 27 Sandringham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
Received 13 Jun 201919 Berryhill Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AS
Received 14 Jun 201926 Braidholm Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HJ
Received 14 Jun 2019Land At Netherton Farm Springfield Road Barrhead
Received 14 Jun 2019Mackenzie Construction Ltd 2 Burnfield Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7TL
Received 14 Jun 201937 Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7BN
Received 17 Jun 20198 Strathdee Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TJ
Received 18 Jun 201949 Lothian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NA
Received 18 Jun 2019413 Aurs Glen Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2LJ
Received 17 Jun 201914 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XB
Received 18 Jun 201952 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RB
Received 18 Jun 201922 Falkland Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DR
Received 19 Jun 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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