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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Elmwood Day Nursery 1-3 Elmwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EH
Received 13 Nov 2019Hazelden Riding School Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 14 Nov 20192 Nethercairn Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SZ
Received 14 Nov 201940 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EJ
Received 14 Nov 20191 Williamwood Park Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TD
Received 14 Nov 201932 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AS
Received 15 Nov 2019Hazelwood 3 Hazelden Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RR
Received 18 Nov 201936 Ayr Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RZ
Received 15 Nov 201922 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JL
Received 15 Nov 20196 Egidia Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NH
Received 15 Nov 201938 Davieland Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LU
Received 15 Nov 20199 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JP
Received 15 Nov 20191 Neidpath Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TX
Received 15 Nov 20194 Gleneagles Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UA
Received 19 Nov 2019277 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 19 Nov 2019195 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EP
Received 19 Nov 2019Opposite 1-1A Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire
Received 19 Nov 2019Opposite And To The West Of 14 Davieland Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Nov 201912 Mains Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QY
Received 21 Nov 201914 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JF
Received 21 Nov 20199 Paisley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1HG
Received 21 Nov 201916 Newton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BX
Received 21 Nov 201920 Birchview Drive Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SW
Received 21 Nov 20198 Evie Wynd Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 21 Nov 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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