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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Park Farm House 175A Strathaven Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PA
Received 27 Jan 202016 Waterside Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TL
Received 27 Jan 202033 Arisdale Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HE
Received 27 Jan 202052 Nethervale Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XR
Received 27 Jan 2020106 Mallots View Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GN
Received 27 Jan 202049 Castlehill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LB
Received 27 Jan 2020139 Rockmount Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DR
Received 28 Jan 202073 Beechlands Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UX
Received 28 Jan 2020145 Randolph Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AT
Received 28 Jan 2020Land At Drumby Crescent (former Isobel Mair School Playing Fields East Of Eastwood Health And Care Centre) Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 28 Jan 202028 Hillend Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XX
Received 29 Jan 202039 Braidholm Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HS
Received 29 Jan 202011 Broomvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NN
Received 29 Jan 2020Keystores 210 - 212 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SN
Received 30 Jan 2020Keystores 210 - 212 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SN
Received 30 Jan 202038 The Quadrant Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8AG
Received 31 Jan 202055 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LP
Received 31 Jan 2020Land At Herndon Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DW
Received 31 Jan 202032 Dorian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NP
Received 3 Feb 202017 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TH
Received 4 Feb 202010 Glebe Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DU
Received 4 Feb 20209 Langlees Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5ED
Received 4 Feb 20202 Erskine Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TQ
Received 5 Feb 202011 Glendoune Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TT
Received 7 Feb 2020Records 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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