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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 dates9,281Searchable applications
142Recorded 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8,037 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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- Decided2021/0954/TP
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 - Decided2021/0955/TP
Erection of two storey side extension and decking and erection of front porch.
3 Campbell Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JD
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0956/TP
Installation of dormer windows to front and rear elevations, elevated decking to the rear and replacement garage and car port to side of dwelling.
8 Milverton Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JN
Received 3 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0957/TPO
Removal of two trees
14 Douglas Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6HR
Received 6 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0958/TP
Erection of new agricultural workshop for the building of livestock buildings and shelters.
Dodside Farm Stewarton Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6WQ
Received 6 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0959/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of a proposed single storey extension to side of property
34 Meadow Rise Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6SE
Received 6 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0960/TP
Erection of side extension to dwelling.
18 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JP
Received 6 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0962/TPO
Removal of 1 cedar and 1 cherry tree
37 Craignethan Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SH
Received 6 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0963/TP
Erection of garden room outbuilding to rear of dwelling.
1 Greenbank Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G46 6SG
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0964/TP
Rear and side wrap around extension and raised decking to dwelling.
9 Station Road Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8HZ
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0965/TP
Side extension to dwelling, installation of dormers to front, side and rear. Erection of elevated decking to rear elevation and garage to side.
20 Mansefield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DW
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0967/TP
Single storey side extension to dwelling and replacement boundary wall.
4 Queensberry Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DX
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0968/TP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling, including removal of existing conservatory.
9 Kinnaird Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5EL
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0969/TP
Erection of 1.5 storey extension over existing single storey rear extension.
5 Tarff Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0LN
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0970/TP
Two storey side extension and single storey rear extension to dwelling and erection of garden room to rear of dwelling.
24 Islay Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6UD
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0972/TP
Change of Use from Class 2 to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis), including erection of flue to rear and formation of new shop front.
Lloyds TSB 83 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RY
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0973/TP
Change of Use from Class 2 to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis), including erection of flue to rear.
Lloyds TSB 85 Main Street Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7RY
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0974/TP
Single storey extension to rear of dwelling.
3 St Clair Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QH
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0975/TP
Single storey extension and elevated patio with screen fence to rear of dwelling.
19 Sherwood Drive Thornliebank East Renfrewshire G46 7DH
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0976/TPO
To raise canopy in woodland and removal of one tree
Woodside 26 Laggan Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LS
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0977/TP
Erection of side and rear single storey extensions, raised rear patio area and formation of side dormer.
71 Rodger Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6JS
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0978/TP
Change of use from dwelling to hotel accommodation, including external alterations, works to boundary walls and alterations to access arrangements.
Redhurst 27 Eastwoodmains Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6QE
Received 9 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0979/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed external alterations to windows and doors, extension of patio with decking to rear.
7 Woodburn Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TZ
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decided2021/0980/TP
Erection of residential development of 72 dwellings (to include retention of existing listed farmhouse) with associated access roads, landscaping, open space and other required infrastructure
Land At Lyoncross Farm Aurs Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 10 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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