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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
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 dates9,280Searchable applications
143Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 8,720 approved or refused records
685Refused applications
8,035 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 15 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2021/0822/TP
Extension to rear of dwelling and garage conversion, including link between garage and extension and erection of awning.
50 Hillfield Brae Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GF
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0823/TP
Single storey extension and elevated decking to rear of dwelling.
16 Heys Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2EN
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0824/TP
Single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
6 Burnbank Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2ER
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0826/TP
Erection of decking to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Newtonlea Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QA
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0827/TP
Change of use from office (class 4) to private clinic (class 2)
1A Kirkhill House Kirkhill House Office Park 81 Broom Road East Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LL
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0828/TP
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension to dwelling.
26 Glamis Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PA
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0829/TP
Erection of raised deck rear to rear of dwelling house.
8 Forrestfield Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6DZ
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0830/TP
Application under Section 42 of the Act to vary Condition 1 of Planning Permission 2010/0755/TP to extend its duration by 15 years.
South Uplaw 20 Muirhead Road Uplawmoor East Renfrewshire G78 4BZ
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0831/TP
Single storey side and rear extension and decking to dwelling.
10 Lonsdale Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6HG
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Unknown2021/0832/PN
Erection of 20m high telecommunications monopole and associated equipment.
Site 40M North Of 99 Mearns Road 99 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0833/TP
Remove existing porch and construct new entrance porch
321 Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0ER
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0834/TP
Installation of ground mounted solar panels (retrospective).
Iqra Learning Centre West Hurlet House 8 Glasgow Road Hurlet East Renfrewshire G53 7TJ
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0836/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed internal alterations to first floor of residential property including two new rooflights.
49 Castlehill Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LB
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0837/TP
Installation of roof lights.
552 Clarkston Road Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3RT
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0838/TP
Single storey rear extension to dwelling.
76 Dorian Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NS
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0839/CLU
Certificate of Lawfulness in respect of a proposed extension to dwellinghouse
8 Victoria Grove Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1GE
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0840/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension and installation of dormer windows to front and rear elevations of dwelling.
7 Stamperland Gardens Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8HQ
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0841/TP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwelling.
56 Levernside Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LW
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0842/TP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwelling.
8 Wigton Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JG
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0845/TP
Extension to side and rear of dwelling.
40 Greenholm Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AH
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0846/TP
Single storey rear extension to dwelling.
50 Newton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5QJ
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0847/TP
5Erection of two storey extension to front of dwelling.
92 Glen Shee Avenue Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3QD
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0848/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed installation of roof lights in association with a loft conversion to dwelling.
37 Mallots View Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6FD
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided2021/0850/TP
Demolition of existing buildings, including mobile home/permanent residence, and erection of replacement dwellinghouse, alteration to access and associated works.
Rowallandale 99A Glasgow Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0DN
Received 22 Oct 2021
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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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