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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
93 Rockmount Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DP
Received 12 Jun 2020Silverwood 95 Neilston Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4AG
Received 15 Jun 2020Adjacent West 0F AC Whyte No 6 Bowerwalls Place Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 15 Jun 20208 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 17 Jun 20205 Whitton Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EE
Received 17 Jun 20209 Wolfe Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TQ
Received 18 Jun 202010 Kenmure Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TU
Received 18 Jun 2020Land Approximately 435M North Of Bennan Hill Brennan Wood, Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SQ
Received 19 Jun 202018 Gordon Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TW
Received 22 Jun 202040 Fraser Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HP
Received 23 Jun 202014 Barnhill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FY
Received 23 Jun 2020Muirend Pharmacy 521 - 253 Clarkston Road Muirend East Renfrewshire G44 3PN
Received 23 Jun 2020Muirend Pharmacy 521 - 253 Clarkston Road Muirend East Renfrewshire G44 3PN
Received 23 Jun 202011 Dunure Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TH
Received 24 Jun 20205 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 25 Jun 20204 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 25 Jun 202042 Mansefield Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EB
Received 25 Jun 202094 Dorian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NS
Received 26 Jun 2020Land Adjacent To Arthurlie Football Club Carlibar Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 26 Jun 202019 Levern Gardens Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1BL
Received 29 Jun 202079 Greenwood Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JU
Received 29 Jun 202053 Graffham Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6EH
Received 29 Jun 20204 Lynton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JP
Received 29 Jun 202030 Sandringham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
Received 29 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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