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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Maybole Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SY
Received 19 Jun 2023Glen Earn Titwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RP
Received 19 Jun 202317 Mansefield Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DZ
Received 19 Jun 202327 Hazelwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QT
Received 20 Jun 20231 Birkwood Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5FW
Received 20 Jun 202361 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JR
Received 20 Jun 2023Vetsforpets Unit 11 3 Greenlaw Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GR
Received 22 Jun 202315 Raasay Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6TH
Received 22 Jun 20236 Lister Gardens Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8JQ
Received 22 Jun 202310 Eaglesham Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BG
Received 22 Jun 20231 Mains Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QY
Received 22 Jun 202341 Forres Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LF
Received 22 Jun 2023263 Fenwick Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JX
Received 23 Jun 202311 Lonsdale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HG
Received 23 Jun 2023Land To The Rear Of 38 Woodbank Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 23 Jun 202315 Claremount Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UT
Received 23 Jun 2023432 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3QF
Received 23 Jun 202311 Glenpark Avenue Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7JE
Received 23 Jun 2023175 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8RH
Received 23 Jun 2023Rowallandale 99A Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DN
Received 26 Jun 202340 Church Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LN
Received 26 Jun 202357 Lothian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NA
Received 27 Jun 202387 Harvie Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LH
Received 27 Jun 202318 Moorburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AL
Received 27 Jun 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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