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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
Tri Be Ca 1 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6AU
Received 9 Dec 2020703 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SE
Received 10 Dec 2020Balgray House Fingalton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PG
Received 10 Dec 2020Laragh 4 Craighlaw Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0EU
Received 10 Dec 2020140 Hillview Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7LD
Received 10 Dec 2020292 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LY
Received 9 Dec 2020Land At Netherton Springfield Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 11 Dec 202029 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BQ
Received 11 Dec 202017 Hillend Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TH
Received 11 Dec 2020Land At Netherton Springfield Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 11 Dec 202051 Deanwood Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RQ
Received 14 Dec 202028 Weaver Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6AS
Received 14 Dec 2020Netherlee House 170 Netherlee Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QB
Received 14 Dec 2020Land With Shelter 40M W Of Glen Service Station Spiersbridge Road Thornliebank East Renfrewshire
Received 14 Dec 20204 Edenhall Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TS
Received 14 Dec 2020Unit 5 3 Greenlaw Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GR
Received 14 Dec 202071 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7LQ
Received 15 Dec 202019 Dunglass Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XS
Received 15 Dec 20201 Wickham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6AU
Received 15 Dec 2020Branoc 10 Erskine Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TH
Received 15 Dec 202028 Laigh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EQ
Received 16 Dec 20207 Percy Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NZ
Received 9 Dec 20203 Fereneze Grove Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1QX
Received 17 Dec 20203 Westwood Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PD
Received 17 Dec 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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