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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
51 Birchview Drive Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SW
Received 30 Jun 202012 Kestrel Wynd Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6WA
Received 30 Jun 2020Chest Heart And Stroke Scotland 52 Busby Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AT
Received 30 Jun 20208 Broomcroft Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5ER
Received 30 Jun 202066A Stamperland Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HG
Received 30 Jun 202060 Kinloch Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LX
Received 30 Jun 2020POD B2 Maidenhill Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 1 Jul 2020POD B2 Maidenhill Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 1 Jul 2020POD B2 Maidenhill Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 1 Jul 202024 Norwood Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LS
Received 2 Jul 2020125 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 2 Jul 2020Lodge Eaglesham 17 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 3 Jul 20202 Alnwick Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AZ
Received 3 Jul 20204 Robslee Crescent Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7AP
Received 3 Jul 202017 Langton Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6QZ
Received 6 Jul 20205 Woodlands Gate Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7SS
Received 6 Jul 202053 Balgray Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PB
Received 6 Jul 2020Smiddyhill House 1 38 Uplawmoor Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3BN
Received 6 Jul 2020Off Cross Arthurlie Street At North Of Levern Water Barrhead, East Renfrewshire
Received 6 Jul 202062 Glen Shee Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3QB
Received 7 Jul 2020East Uplaw Farm Uplawmoor G78 4DA
Received 8 Jul 202016 Kirkvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HQ
Received 31 May 2020103 Stamperland Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LP
Received 8 Jul 2020House O'Hill Mearnskirk Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RP
Received 8 Jul 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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