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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8,035 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
4 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EU
Received 14 Feb 202358 Primrose Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FS
Received 15 Feb 2023Busby Hotel 1 Field Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8RX
Received 15 Feb 2023Edgar Financial Advice Ltd 4 Carlibar Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1AA
Received 15 Feb 2023Former Scottish Water Site Glasgow Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 15 Feb 2023West Hurlet Lodge Glasgow Road Hurlet East Renfrewshire G53 7TH
Received 16 Feb 202337 Priorwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6ZZ
Received 16 Feb 202340 Merrylee Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HR
Received 16 Feb 202331 Cartsbridge Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8DH
Received 17 Feb 2023Chavey Down 420 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RY
Received 20 Feb 202323 Broompark Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DX
Received 20 Feb 2023Orchard House 9 Maryville Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NE
Received 20 Feb 2023James Davis Insurance 203 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JD
Received 20 Feb 202319 Elliot Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NS
Received 20 Feb 2023126 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JR
Received 20 Feb 2023168 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1SL
Received 20 Feb 2023Greenlaw Dental Practice Unit 10 3 Greenlaw Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GR
Received 21 Feb 202327 Blackhouse Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HU
Received 21 Feb 202328 Stamperland Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LH
Received 21 Feb 2023Hall Opposite Orchardhill Parish Church Church Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JR
Received 21 Feb 20235 Broom Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5WW
Received 21 Feb 2023Mearnsview Care Home 416 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5RY
Received 21 Feb 2023The Royal Bank Of Scotland 158A Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6XB
Received 21 Feb 2023133 Springhill Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2SE
Received 21 Feb 2023Records 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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