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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Lawrence Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6PF
Received 28 May 20204 Mearnscroft Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QH
Received 29 May 20206 Whitehill Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DH
Received 29 May 2020Park Cottage 5 Rouken Glen Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7UG
Received 29 May 2020Treetops 10 Lethington Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TB
Received 1 Jun 202014 Dunglass Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XS
Received 1 Jun 202022 Station Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8HZ
Received 1 Jun 2020Caldwell House Caldwell Estate Gleniffer Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4BE
Received 1 Jun 20202 Dalserf Crescent Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RB
Received 3 Jun 2020116 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SL
Received 3 Jun 20203 Clark Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DE
Received 4 Jun 2020120 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SL
Received 4 Jun 202010 Claremount Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UT
Received 4 Jun 202029 East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JY
Received 5 Jun 202027 Struma Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QL
Received 5 Jun 20203 Nethercairn Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SZ
Received 5 Jun 2020Carrot Farm Over Enoch Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PN
Received 5 Jun 202042 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AS
Received 8 Jun 20202 Braeside Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2PD
Received 8 Jun 2020Chappellfield 7 Chappell Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1EL
Received 8 Jun 202020 Priorwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ZZ
Received 8 Jun 202096 St Marys Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2TN
Received 10 Jun 2020Eaglesham Lodge 1265 17 Polnoon Street Eaglesham G76 0BH
Received 10 Jun 20202 Castlehill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HY
Received 10 Jun 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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