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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.
8,035 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Orchard Park Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JJ
Received 13 Oct 2022227 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JG
Received 13 Oct 202234 Cunningham Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6ER
Received 14 Oct 202243 Craighill Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TD
Received 14 Oct 202211 Field Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8RX
Received 17 Oct 20228 Waterside Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TL
Received 17 Oct 2022Picketlaw Road Eaglesham G76 0BF
Received 17 Oct 202214 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JL
Received 19 Oct 202256 Colonsay Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TY
Received 19 Oct 20226 Moorfoot Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7BY
Received 21 Oct 2022Low Brig O'Lea 5 Uplawmoor Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3LB
Received 21 Oct 2022White Gables 8 Lethington Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TB
Received 21 Oct 202283 Ormonde Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SN
Received 24 Oct 202215 Picketlaw Lane Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BN
Received 24 Oct 202256 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QD
Received 24 Oct 20226 Bank Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2RA
Received 24 Oct 2022128 Paisley Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1NR
Received 24 Oct 202265 Mansefield Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EA
Received 24 Oct 202220 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JN
Received 25 Oct 20229 Fintry Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2DJ
Received 25 Oct 2022North Kirktonmoor Farm North Kirktonmoor Kirktonmoor Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0QB
Received 26 Oct 2022Cross Garage 45 Gilmour Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AA
Received 26 Oct 202215 Eastwood Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LS
Received 26 Oct 202230 Boylestone Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1JL
Received 27 Oct 2022Records 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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