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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
549 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3PR
Received 12 Mar 2020St Marks Primary School 30 Roebank Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2JA
Received 13 Mar 202026 Oakley Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3PY
Received 16 Mar 202015 Woodvale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RG
Received 16 Mar 20204 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 16 Mar 202034 Craighill Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TF
Received 17 Mar 20201 Kirk Wynd Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AW
Received 17 Mar 2020227 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JG
Received 17 Mar 2020227 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JG
Received 17 Mar 202010 Walton Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ET
Received 17 Mar 202047 Riverside Road Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DQ
Received 18 Mar 202021 Berryhill Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AS
Received 18 Mar 2020Old Barn Farm Oldbarn Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AZ
Received 18 Mar 2020Old Barn Farm Oldbarn Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AZ
Received 18 Mar 2020322 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6AP
Received 19 Mar 20204 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 19 Mar 202012 Langtree Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LN
Received 20 Mar 202030 Leslie Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JE
Received 20 Mar 202030 Davieland Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LL
Received 20 Mar 2020Whitecraigs Golf Club Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SW
Received 23 Mar 202048 Flenders Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XZ
Received 23 Mar 202048 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RJ
Received 25 Mar 2020Building 3 Kirkhill 81 Broom Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LL
Received 25 Mar 202019 St Vigeans Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FB
Received 26 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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