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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Burnbank Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2ER
Received 4 Aug 2020McColls 9 - 11 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AU
Received 4 Aug 2020Land To The Rear Of 3 Dealston Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NL
Received 5 Aug 202026 Tulip Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FT
Received 5 Aug 202024 Greenfield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XN
Received 5 Aug 202061 Fereneze Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7RX
Received 6 Aug 20202 Summerhill Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BX
Received 6 Aug 202031 Limetree Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BJ
Received 7 Aug 2020Land Adjacent To 10 Hill Crescent Busby East Renfrewshire
Received 7 Aug 202022 Paidmyre Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AQ
Received 7 Aug 20206 Byrestone Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SH
Received 10 Aug 202014 Kirklands Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FF
Received 10 Aug 202077 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7XT
Received 11 Aug 202052 Beech Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QP
Received 11 Aug 2020112 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UP
Received 12 Aug 202017 Langrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AL
Received 12 Aug 202010 Langtree Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LN
Received 12 Aug 202015 Hillside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JY
Received 13 Aug 202016 Greenholm Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AH
Received 13 Aug 202031 Arthurlie Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2BU
Received 19 Aug 20209 Strathview Park Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3LA
Received 14 Aug 202013 Orchard Park Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JJ
Received 17 Aug 20202 Glenville Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AH
Received 17 Aug 202015 Hillcrest Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HH
Received 17 Aug 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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