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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 dates9,284Searchable 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8,035 approved · 685 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided2026/0152/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
15 Oakley Drive Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3PX
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0153/TP
Change of use of dwellinghouse to short term lets
89 Maybole Crescent Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5SY
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0154/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension with raised timber decking
12 Monkton Gardens Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5HW
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0155/TP
Erection of single storey rear and side extension
54 Craighlaw Avenue Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0EZ
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0156/TP
Erection of front porch
57 Oliphant Crescent Busby East Renfrewshire G76 8PT
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0158/TP
Erection of single storey side extension and engineering operations at front to allow the reconfiguration of drive and front steps.
79 Lomondside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7UH
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0159/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension
14 Greenlaw Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6NL
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0160/TP
Erection of residential care and nursing home with associated car parking, formation of new access, infrastructure and landscaping; (Section 42 application for the variation of condition 8 of planning permission 2021/0232/TP) to allow the removal of additional trees from the site due to their poor condition.
34 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7DJ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0161/TP
Erection of one and a half storey rear extension and single storey rear extension; alterations to roof to form gable.
104 Eaglesham Road Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7YN
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0162/TP
Formation of pump track for the purpose of wheeled sports; with installation of floodlighting.
Overlee Park Moray Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0163/TP
Erection of single storey side extension linking dwelling to existing garage; and erection of single storey rear extension to include the re-roofing of the existing rear extension
8 Broompark Drive Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 5DX
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0164/TP
Formation of patio doors on rear elevation following removal of existing rear extension; installation of raised rear timber deck; installation of replacement rooflight and windows on rear elevation at second floor; and installation of three rooflight windows and replacement windows on front elevation
31 First Avenue Netherlee East Renfrewshire G44 3UA
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0165/TP
Erection of single storey rear and side extension
9 Dunglass Place Newton Mearns East Renfrewshire G77 6XS
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0166/TP
Erection of single storey side extension
1 Florence Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6UL
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Registered2026/0167/TP
Erection of 65 unit affordable residential development (comprising houses, cottage flats and flats), together with associated roads, parking, landscaping, SUDS area and multi games use area (Major)
Open Land To The South-west Of St John's Primary School Commercial Road Barrhead East Renfrewshire
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0168/TP
Erection of upper storey extension at side above garage and erection of two storey side extension
22 Fereneze Grove Barrhead East Renfrewshire G78 1QX
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0169/TP
Erection of detached triple garage with habitable accommodation on upper floor; erection of entrance gates and walls; installation of pole mounted cctv cameras around perimeter of site.
Castlehill Farm 75 Humbie Road Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0PT
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0170/TP
Erection of greenhouse at rear
Church Hall 30A Montgomery Street Eaglesham East Renfrewshire G76 0AS
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0173/CLU
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of proposed single storey rear extension and internal alterations at ground floor level
24 Carolside Avenue Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7AE
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0174/TPO
Removal of tree at front (tree 1); removal of 9 conifers at rear (trees 2 to 10); trim/reduce height of Willow tree at rear (tree 11)
11 Percy Drive Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 6NZ
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0175/TP
Erection of replacement community hut in allotments
The Nursery Eastwood Park Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7HB
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0176/TP
Installation of dormer windows at front and rear
65 Rouken Glen Road Giffnock East Renfrewshire G46 7JD
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0177/TP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
32 Craighill Drive Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 7TF
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided2026/0178/TP
Erection of single storey rear extension; installation of dormer window at rear
7 Victoria Crescent Clarkston East Renfrewshire G76 8BP
Received 30 Mar 2026
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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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