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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Sutherland Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PL
Received 30 Apr 202020 Woodland Crescent Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0ND
Received 30 Apr 202018 Manor Gate Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DQ
Received 1 May 202014 Broom Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DP
Received 1 May 202018 Burnside Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QS
Received 1 May 202022 Broomvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NN
Received 1 May 202051 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AA
Received 1 May 202023 Cleuch Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QD
Received 1 May 202071 Stamperland Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HH
Received 4 May 202015 Brownmuir Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AH
Received 4 May 202016 Brora Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NP
Received 4 May 20207 Linwood Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BZ
Received 4 May 202022 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PP
Received 4 May 202032 Paidmyre Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AJ
Received 4 May 202010 Lomond Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LR
Received 6 May 202016 Tiree Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UN
Received 11 May 20203 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EL
Received 11 May 2020188 Eastwoodmains Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7HA
Received 11 May 202020 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 11 May 202022 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JL
Received 11 May 202095 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 11 May 202020 Quarrybrae Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SA
Received 13 May 2020Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 13 May 202019 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UA
Received 13 May 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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