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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Harris Close Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TU
Received 6 Nov 2020The Byre 15A Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0NS
Received 6 Nov 202035 Ashfield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TX
Received 6 Nov 20209 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UA
Received 6 Nov 2020452 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QF
Received 6 Nov 202071 Ballantrae Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TX
Received 9 Nov 2020Land 12M E Of 4 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 9 Nov 20209 Ormonde Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SR
Received 9 Nov 2020Flat G-1 30 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BG
Received 9 Nov 2020Flat G-1 30 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BG
Received 9 Nov 2020Eaglesham Bowling Club Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 9 Nov 2020149 Hillview Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7LE
Received 10 Nov 202021 Broom Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DP
Received 10 Nov 20207 Glen Gairn Crescent Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3RB
Received 10 Nov 202040 Sunnyside Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7QB
Received 10 Nov 2020Langton Lea Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PU
Received 11 Nov 202082A East Kilbride Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JE
Received 11 Nov 202038 Poplar Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QZ
Received 11 Nov 202020 Dunbeath Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NS
Received 11 Nov 202044 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JL
Received 11 Nov 202012 Doune Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NR
Received 13 Nov 202057 Campsie Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7SE
Received 13 Nov 202016 Kirkdene Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RN
Received 13 Nov 2020Land Adjacent To The Rear Of 8 10 12 14 16 18 Clover Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 16 Nov 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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