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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
224 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UQ
Received 16 Sept 201948 Netherplace Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DF
Received 17 Sept 2019Wooded Area To Rear Of 83 Beechlands Drive Clarkston G76 7UX
Received 17 Sept 2019106 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7YN
Received 18 Sept 2019Adjacent To Williamwood Golf Club House Clarkston Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G44 3YR
Received 18 Sept 2019275 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 19 Sept 201995 Rockmount Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DP
Received 18 Sept 20198 Easdale Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XD
Received 19 Sept 201920 Etive Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PN
Received 19 Sept 201925 Sandringham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
Received 19 Sept 2019Treeside Cottage Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RT
Received 19 Sept 2019Land To The East Of Balgraystone Road And South Of Springfield Road Barrhead
Received 19 Sept 201952 Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AG
Received 20 Sept 201926 Paidmyre Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AJ
Received 20 Sept 20196 Holehouse Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JF
Received 20 Sept 201915 Campsie Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2AQ
Received 20 Sept 201917 Roddinghead Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TP
Received 23 Sept 201929 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JY
Received 23 Sept 201914 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 23 Sept 201929 Nethercliffe Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UH
Received 23 Sept 2019198 Eastwoodmains Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HA
Received 23 Sept 2019Land North And South Of Levern Water, East Of Cross Arthurlie Street, Barrhead, East Renfrewshire
Received 23 Sept 20195 Richmond Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JL
Received 24 Sept 20191 Broom Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1PS
Received 25 Sept 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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