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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Fowlis Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JL
Received 6 Mar 202010 Lauriston Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YP
Received 6 Mar 20208 Easdale Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XD
Received 6 Mar 2020South Lodge 30 Uplawmoor Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3BW
Received 6 Mar 2020Site 250M Southwest Of Mearns Primary School Hunter Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 9 Mar 2020The Firs 42 Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NP
Received 9 Mar 202055 Aursbridge Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2TJ
Received 9 Mar 202023 Balmeg Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QJ
Received 9 Mar 202014 Waterside Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TJ
Received 9 Mar 20202 Garrick Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5GF
Received 9 Mar 202030 Drumby Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HJ
Received 9 Mar 20207 Torrington Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LH
Received 9 Mar 20202 Bon Accord Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8EG
Received 9 Mar 202016 Penrith Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LU
Received 11 Mar 2020275 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 11 Mar 2020192 Capelrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LE
Received 11 Mar 2020277 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 11 Mar 2020Bridge End 90 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AF
Received 11 Mar 202018 Langtree Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LJ
Received 12 Mar 202017 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 12 Mar 20203 Shuna Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TN
Received 12 Mar 202049 Castlehill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LB
Received 12 Mar 202023 Etive Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PN
Received 12 Mar 202083 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QR
Received 12 Mar 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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