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Renfrewshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,476Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,318 approved or refused records
426Refused applications
10,892 approved · 426 refused · 424 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2008 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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.
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- Decided25/0355/PP
External alterations to form new doors to ground floor flat and replace existing garage doors with patio doors
21A Calside Paisley PA2 6DA
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/0356/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
11 Bobbins Gate Paisley PA1 2NY
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided25/0357/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for 24 hour operation of Petrol Filling Station
MOTOR FUEL GROUP LTD Filling Station A 30 Napier Street Johnstone PA5 8SF
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/0358/PP
Siting of ancillary building to provide provision for 3 additional classrooms, an office, conference room, staff welfare and toilet facilities
The Good Shepherd Centre Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/0359/PP
Replacement roof covering and associated alterations to roof configuration
The Northern Way Public House 13 - 19 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UW
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/0360/PP
Erection of 1 no. block comprising of 4 nos. garden stores and associated access and siteworks to serve the 4 nos. residential units at Chapel Farm, Chapel Road, Houston, Johnstone
Land To West Of 8 & 9 Chapel Farm Steading Chapel Road Houston Johnstone
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/0361/PP
Erection of a petrol filling station (Sui Generis) with kiosk (Class 1A retail), electric vehicle charging station, restaurant/cafe (Class 3) with drive-thru facilities, access, parking and associated works
Land To North West Of Junction With A726 West March Road Paisley
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/0363/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
11 Glendee Road Renfrew PA4 0AD
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/0364/PP
Installation of air source heat pumps and associated works
1A Bridgewater Shopping Centre Bridgewater Place Erskine PA8 7AA
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/0365/PP
Change of use of land and proposed expansion of van and sales centre (Sui Generis), with associated shed for use as workshop, office and welfare facilities, siting of containers for use as storage (Class 6), installation of prefabricated units for business use (Class 4) and associated access, hardstanding, SuDS basin and landscaping
4 Linwood Road Paisley PA1 2TN
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/0366/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed Integral garage conversion
34 Brierie Gardens Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7BZ
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/0367/PP
Single storey extension and raised decking to rear of dwelling
22 Troubridge Crescent Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AX
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/0368/PP
Proposed single storey extension to the rear of dwellinghouse
1 Sunnyside Road Paisley PA2 6JN
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/0370/PP
Erection of 8 holiday cottages with associated landscaping and infrastructure works
Site 350 Metres North East Of Fodstone Farm Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided25/0371/AD
Display of one freestanding digital advertising hoarding
Advertising Station, West Side Of Kings Inch Road (50m South Of Old Govan Road), Renfrew, PA4 8XJ
Received 20 May 2025 - Decided25/0372/PP
Change of use from Public House car park (Sui Generis) to Vehicle Sales (Sui Generis) and erection of fence and gate (part retrospective)
19 Napier Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3AJ
Received 20 May 2025 - Decided25/0374/PP
Change of use from part of Public House (Sui Generis) to Class 1A
19 Napier Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3AJ
Received 20 May 2025 - Decided25/0375/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and external alterations associated with beauticians
27 Canal Street Renfrew PA4 8QG
Received 20 May 2025 - Decided25/0376/PP
Erection of single storey side extension and external alterations to dwellinghouse
34 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SE
Received 20 May 2025 - Decided25/0377/LB
Display of one sign
50 Blackhall Street Paisley PA1 1TD
Received 20 May 2025 - Decided25/0378/TC
Felling of 1 no. Spruce tree
Flat 0/1 33 Church Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JQ
Received 21 May 2025 - Decided25/0379/FUR
Section 42 application to vary condition 9 (Drainage Impact Assessment) to include Surface Water Strategy and to remove condition 10 (Surface Water strategy) of planning permission 22/0236/PP
57 High Street Paisley PA1 2AN
Received 21 May 2025 - Decided25/0385/NMV
Non-Material Variation (NMV) for garage conversion to plot 82 for Planning Permission 20/0510/PP
Former Thornly Park Campus Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 21 May 2025 - Decided25/0386/NMV
Handing of Plot 74
Site At West Glenshinnoch And Slateford Road Bishopton
Received 21 May 2025
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for 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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