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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Stonebyres South Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PH
Received 4 Dec 2019Stonebyres South Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PH
Received 4 Dec 2019Stonebyres South Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PH
Received 4 Dec 201917 Hazellea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6BN
Received 4 Dec 2019Land Opposite 2 And 4 Kirklands Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FE
Received 4 Dec 201925 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire
Received 4 Dec 201925 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire
Received 4 Dec 2019277 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 5 Dec 201918 Whitton Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EE
Received 5 Dec 2019277 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 5 Dec 20193 Davaar Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ST
Received 5 Dec 201939 Grampian Way Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2EE
Received 5 Dec 201995 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6QR
Received 6 Dec 201988 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 6 Dec 201931 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AU
Received 6 Dec 201910 Holm Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UX
Received 6 Dec 201936 Stewart Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EX
Received 6 Dec 2019147 The Oval Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LX
Received 9 Dec 201910 Seres Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QT
Received 9 Dec 201933 Cunningham Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EW
Received 9 Dec 2019Adjacent To 3 Victoria Lane Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TP
Received 9 Dec 20196 Barnhill Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FZ
Received 10 Dec 20191 Sutherland Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PL
Received 11 Dec 2019The Salvation Army 201 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SD
Received 11 Dec 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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