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East Renfrewshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates9,276Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 8,718 approved or refused records
685Refused applications
8,033 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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More application records
- Decided2019/0479/TP
Erection of decking at rear
1 Edzell Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QX
Received 1 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0493/PN
Installation of electricity sub-station (prior approval)
Adjacent To 11 Rosemont Crescent (Plot 81) Blackbyres Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 5 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0495/TP
Sub-division of feu and erection of one and a half storey detached dwellinghouse (renewal of previous planning permission 2016/0435/TP)
Longmeadow 6 Titwood Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RP
Received 5 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0496/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
3 Merrycroft Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6DA
Received 5 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0497/TP
Installation of dormer window at side and rooflights at front and rear (amendment to previous planning permission 2018/0792/TP to include removal of chimney and installation of flue at side).
6 St Anns Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6JP
Received 5 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0480/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
8 Balvie Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NE
Received 6 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0501/TP
Erection of sunroom extension at rear
40 Church Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6LN
Received 6 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0503/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
8 Rowanlea Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6BS
Received 7 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0485/TP
Erection of single storey extension
2 Leven Court Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1PN
Received 7 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0486/TP
Erection of detached garage at rear following demolition of existing garage
36 Ailsa Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RJ
Received 7 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0504/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
9 Westbrae Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EQ
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0505/TP
Erection of three storey rear extension and two storey side extension; erection of front porch
2 Netherplace Cottages Netherplace Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PP
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0506/TP
Erection of two storey side extension; erection of attached garage at side
Brooklands 9 Kenmure Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6TU
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0507/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of proposed installation of rooflights, sliding doors and windows at rear and installation of windows at side.
26 Sunningdale Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PD
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0509/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of proposed erection of single storey rear extension
31 Ashfield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TX
Received 8 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0510/TP
Erection of rear extension incorporating roof terrace
20A Broomburn Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JF
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0511/TP
Sub division of plots and erection of associated 1.8m fence (amendment to previous planning permission 2018/0644/TP to form driveway off Berryhill Road and amend position of fence)
Beech Cottage Berryhill Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NJ
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0512/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
30 Fraser Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HP
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0487/TPO
Removal of 12 trees
Adjacent To Crookfur Pavilion Crookfur Park Ayr Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DT
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0513/TP
Installation of replacement windows and patio doors
La Petite 24 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0514/LBC
Installation of replacement windows and patio doors (listed building consent)
La Petite 24 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0515/TPO
Removal of 8 trees and the pruning of 18 trees
Linn Cottage 97 Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AU
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0516/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of proposed conversion of attic to form habitable accommodation
1 Pilmuir Holdings Pilmuir Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6PS
Received 12 Aug 2019 - Decided2019/0517/TP
Erection of upper storey extension at side
125 Stamperland Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8LP
Received 13 Aug 2019
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What these statistics cover
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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