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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TH
Received 18 Feb 2020Abbeyfield Society Abbeyfield House 8 Kirkview Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DD
Received 18 Feb 202010 Manderston Court Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GG
Received 19 Feb 202015 Turnberry Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SE
Received 19 Feb 202030 Westfield Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7HW
Received 19 Feb 202048 Drumby Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HW
Received 19 Feb 202052 Melford Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6ND
Received 19 Feb 202079 Aldton Park Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5US
Received 19 Feb 2020Turkish Barbers 204 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UE
Received 20 Feb 202075 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JD
Received 20 Feb 202022 Sunnybank Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7ST
Received 20 Feb 202024 Woodyett Park Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SJ
Received 20 Feb 202015 Morar Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UA
Received 20 Feb 20208 Grahamston Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NS
Received 21 Feb 202040 Rose Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GQ
Received 21 Feb 20209 Moray Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8NW
Received 24 Feb 202017 Kirkton Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JE
Received 24 Feb 202020 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 24 Feb 20206 Worsley Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DW
Received 24 Feb 2020First Floor Of 14 To 15A Units, The Avenue At Mearns Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 25 Feb 20209 Fintry Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2DJ
Received 25 Feb 202057 Woodlands Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JQ
Received 25 Feb 202019 Commore Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2NG
Received 25 Feb 202014 Gordon Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TR
Received 25 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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