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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Pollock Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DH
Received 11 Apr 2023Adjacent Of Crofthead Mill Lochlibo Road Neilston East Renfrewshire
Received 12 Apr 202357 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RX
Received 12 Apr 202338 Cheviot Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5AS
Received 13 Apr 202350 Hillfield Brae Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GF
Received 14 Apr 20235 Fruin Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HA
Received 13 Apr 202336 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AS
Received 17 Apr 202356 Merryton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DX
Received 17 Apr 20231 Maidenhill Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5GT
Received 18 Apr 2023Hillcrest 2 Kingston Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3JA
Received 19 Apr 2023137 Orchard Park Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BW
Received 19 Apr 2023Lloyds Pharmacy 83 Seres Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NW
Received 19 Apr 2023Lloyds Pharmacy 83 Seres Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NW
Received 19 Apr 202314A Carmunnock Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SZ
Received 19 Apr 20238 Queensberry Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DX
Received 19 Apr 2023Affordable Pod A1 Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Apr 2023Affordable Pod A1B Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Apr 2023Affordable Pod A2 Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Apr 2023Affordable Pod A3 Maidenhill SDO Site Lying Between GSO M77 And Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 20 Apr 20237 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 21 Apr 20238A Arthurlie Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2BU
Received 21 Apr 202310 Gleneagles Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UA
Received 24 Apr 2023Burnview Nether Kirkton Farm Neilston Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3PR
Received 24 Apr 2023Scottish Water Waste Water Works Fereneze Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3AG
Received 24 Apr 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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