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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 · 8,720 approved or refused records
685Refused applications
8,035 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 2000 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided2022/0398/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension and raised decking area.
65 Woodside Drive Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HD
Received 28 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0399/TP
Formation of side dormer windows and pitched roof over existing flat roofed dormer.
44 Ailsa Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6RJ
Received 28 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0400/ADV
Removal of two 48-sheet advertising hoardings and replacement with two digital adverts.
3-5 Main Street Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1RE
Received 28 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0401/TPO
Large conifer (dead) - To remove the tree leaving only the stump
28 Sandringham Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DU
Received 29 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0402/TP
Proposed change of use incorporating subdivision of industrial unit (class 5) into 3No light industrial units (class 4) and re-roofing of property
9 Gladstone Avenue Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1QT
Received 29 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0404/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of proposed window openings to rear elevation and rooflights on side elevation
4 Woodfarm Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JJ
Received 29 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0406/TP
Formation of side and rear dormers to dwelling
12 Leewood Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UG
Received 30 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0408/TP
Demolition of the existing factory buildings and erection of a replacement steel portal framed factory building.
Broadlie Works Low Broadlie Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3AB
Received 30 Jun 2022 - Decided2022/0409/TP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling
54 Ravenscliffe Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7QP
Received 1 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0410/TP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension and front porch.
12 Blair Atholl Gate Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5UP
Received 1 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0411/TP
Erection of rear extension and raised patio area
69 Woodside Drive Waterfoot Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0HD
Received 1 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0412/TP
Proposed single storey side extension.
20 Mansefield Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7EB
Received 1 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0413/TP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwelling
52 Treeburn Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7BB
Received 1 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0414/TP
Erection of extension to dwelling
32 Stewart Crescent Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1UU
Received 1 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0415/TP
Rear extension to dwelling, including decking and garage conversion to habitable room.
43 Newton Grove Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5BX
Received 4 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0416/TP
Erection of single storey extension to dwelling and enlargement of existing dormer
1 Rockburn Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7PE
Received 4 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0417/TP
Erection of single storey side extension, formation of rear and side dormer and replacement of front and side dormer; formation of rear decking and erection of detached garage.
20 Mansefield Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DW
Received 4 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0419/TP
Formation of rear dormer windows
9 Belmont Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7NZ
Received 4 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0420/TP
Single storey rear extension with associated internal alterations
Winstone Cottage Star And Garter 539 Mearns Road Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6RS
Received 4 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0421/TP
Formation of front and rear dormers
16 Melford Avenue Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NA
Received 5 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0422/TP
Erection of single storey side, rear and front extension
8 Manse Road Neilston East Renfrewshire G78 3EU
Received 5 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0424/TP
Installation of bi-fold doors on rear elevation, window on the side elevation
73 Ormonde Crescent Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3SW
Received 8 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0425/TP
Erection of upper floor side extension; formation of front dormer window; extension to existing rear dormer window
36 Harvie Avenue Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6LQ
Received 8 Jul 2022 - Decided2022/0426/TPO
Conifer Trees Shaped
1 Picketlaw Way(corner Of Picketlaw Road) Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0BL
Received 12 Jul 2022
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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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