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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
141Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 8,722 approved or refused records
685Refused applications
8,037 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2021/0930/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of a Proposed ancillary building (Garden Room & Store) within grounds of existing property.
23 Lembert Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7NQ
Received 23 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0931/TP
Single storey extension and installation of replacement dormer to rear of dwelling
Airlie Cottage 37 Broadlie Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3ES
Received 24 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0932/TP
Single storey rear extension to dwelling.
Castlehill Farm 75 Humbie Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PT
Received 24 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0933/TP
Single storey front extension to dwelling.
39 Castleton Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5LE
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0934/TP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Airyligg Drive Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LJ
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0935/TP
Convert existing garage to garden room
5 Seyton Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QA
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0936/TP
Install new window and door and erection of elevated decking with associated balustrade.
Elmwood Day Nursery 1 Elmwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6EH
Received 25 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0937/TP
Erection of detached double garage to front of dwelling.
12A Carmunnock Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8SZ
Received 26 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0938/TP
Single storey extension and decking to rear of dwelling.
10 Hathaway Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7AE
Received 26 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0939/TP
Installation of access ramp to front of dwelling.
1 Fenwick Drive Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2LB
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0940/TP
Installation of access ramp to front and side of dwelling.
8 Aurs Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 2LU
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0941/TP
Single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
28 Hillfield Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6GD
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0942/TP
Single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
10 Levernside Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1LW
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0943/TP
Two storey extension to side of dwelling.
7 Ellisland Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8QB
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0944/TP
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated parking
Adjacent East Of 137 Mearns Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0945/TP
Erection of flatted development of 4 units, together with parking, landscaping and associated engineering works.
Site Adjacent To Mearns Medical Centre 30 Maple Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5TU
Received 29 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0946/TP
Single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
13 Picketlaw Way Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BL
Received 30 Nov 2021 - Decided2021/0947/TP
Remodelling works to alter existing golf course to 12-holes, erection of new golf clubhouse/pavilion, development of woodland retreat, erection of 6 dwellinghouses, formation of new access and other ancillary works.
Eastwood Golf Club Langlee Road Loganswell Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RX
Received 1 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0948/TP
Installation of rear dormer window.
21 Fairweather Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6BX
Received 1 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0949/TP
Single storey side extension to dwelling
1 Hazelwood Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5PT
Received 2 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0950/TP
Single storey extension to side of dwelling
100 Broomfield Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5JR
Received 2 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0951/LBC
Alterations to garage to form upper storey home office space, including replacement of window with door to side elevation and insertion of roof lights.
Old Mains Cadzow Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RD
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0952/TP
Two storey rear extension to dwelling
15 Limetree Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BJ
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0953/LBC
Installation of bifold doors to rear elevation (replacement of french doors and increase in size of opening)
La Petite 24 Polnoon Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BH
Received 3 Dec 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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