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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Galston Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SF
Received 17 Dec 202057 Stamperland Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8EX
Received 17 Dec 202012 Buttercup Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PJ
Received 17 Dec 202018 Rose Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GQ
Received 18 Dec 202011 Primrose Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FS
Received 18 Dec 2020Beech Cottage Berryhill Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NJ
Received 18 Dec 202041 Duncarnock Crescent Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3HH
Received 18 Dec 202010 Inverewe Way Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XH
Received 21 Dec 202017 Culzean Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SW
Received 21 Dec 20208 Netherhill Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3XG
Received 21 Dec 20206 Maple Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BQ
Received 21 Dec 202034 Riverside Road Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DF
Received 21 Dec 2020Cowan Park Lodge Darnley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1TA
Received 22 Dec 2020Michael Warren 32 The Avenue At Mearns 250 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EY
Received 22 Dec 2020Eastwood Recreation Centre 6 Eastwood Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JS
Received 22 Dec 202014 Waterside Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TJ
Received 22 Dec 20205 Cheapside Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0JZ
Received 23 Dec 202010 Douglas Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NX
Received 23 Dec 202014 Richmond Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7JL
Received 23 Dec 202014 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7BT
Received 23 Dec 2020175 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7DQ
Received 23 Dec 2020274 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LY
Received 24 Dec 202010 Crarae Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XX
Received 24 Dec 202027 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HR
Received 24 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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