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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8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
1 Maryville Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NE
Received 2 Nov 202324 Broomvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5NN
Received 3 Nov 202315 Woodburn Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TZ
Received 3 Nov 202314 Park Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7PF
Received 3 Nov 202316 Greenholm Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AH
Received 6 Nov 20236 Greenhill Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QX
Received 6 Nov 202312 Mearnscroft Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QH
Received 6 Nov 202315 Sunningdale Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PD
Received 6 Nov 202357 Laigh Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EX
Received 7 Nov 202328 Alnwick Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AZ
Received 8 Nov 2023Whitecraigs Golf Club 72 Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SW
Received 9 Nov 202356 Gordon Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TN
Received 9 Nov 202314 Williamwood Park West Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3TE
Received 13 Nov 202314 Braidpark Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NB
Received 13 Nov 202323 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7ES
Received 13 Nov 20239 Dunkeld Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UB
Received 13 Nov 20234 Alloway Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TG
Received 14 Nov 20238 Penrith Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LU
Received 14 Nov 202344 Foxglove Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FP
Received 15 Nov 2023Former Part Of Pilmuir Quarry Pilmuir Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire
Received 17 Nov 2023Land At Balgraystone Road Springfield Road & Aurs Road Barrhead G77 6PQ
Received 20 Nov 20235 Kirkvale Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HD
Received 20 Nov 202381 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JR
Received 20 Nov 20236 Westerlands Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6YH
Received 20 Nov 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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