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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Hazelwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PT
Received 9 Oct 202024 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JF
Received 12 Oct 20204 Falkland Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DR
Received 12 Oct 202032 Newtonlea Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QA
Received 12 Oct 2020Footway Adjacent To Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8RA
Received 12 Oct 202011 Crosslees Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7EW
Received 12 Oct 202021 Ayr Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6SB
Received 13 Oct 20209 Lomond Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LR
Received 13 Oct 202019 Arisdale Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HE
Received 13 Oct 202016 Dunvegan Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EB
Received 13 Oct 2020Adjacent West Of Lidl 134 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire
Received 14 Oct 2020Site 95M South Of Burnside Gardens 38 Burnside Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 14 Oct 202020 Williamwood Park West Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TE
Received 14 Oct 202027 Morven Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QE
Received 14 Oct 202041 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JS
Received 14 Oct 20204 Pollock Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HZ
Received 14 Oct 2020Woodfarm Education Centre 1 Burns Grove Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7HF
Received 15 Oct 2020289 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 15 Oct 2020277 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 13 Oct 2020192 Capelrig Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LE
Received 16 Oct 202010 Picketlaw Way Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BL
Received 16 Oct 20205 Gleneagles Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UA
Received 16 Oct 202024 Harris Close Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TU
Received 16 Oct 20202 Thornhill Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FU
Received 19 Oct 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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