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Scotland · Local authority
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 dates11,557Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 10,455 approved or refused records
353Refused applications
10,102 approved · 353 refused · 385 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 May 2009 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
More application records
- Decided22/0090/PP
Erection of single storey garage to side of dwellinghouse
13 Glebe Street Renfrew PA4 8TS
Received 8 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0091/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
The Chimes Houston Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XT
Received 8 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0092/PP
Erection of canopy to accommodate electric vehicle charging points and associated works to include erection of sub-station and fenced compound containing equipment cabinets
Unit A Centreholm Roundabout Erskine PA8 6EY
Received 9 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0093/AD
Display of four non-illuminated, free-standing signs
Unit A Centreholm Roundabout Erskine PA8 6EY
Received 9 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0094/TP
Fell one Lime tree
53 Ellon Way Paisley PA3 4BW
Received 9 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0095/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
15 Station Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YA
Received 10 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0096/PP
Erection of 2 storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
30 Cockels Loan Renfrew PA4 0RG
Received 11 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0097/PP
Formation of patio doors and erection of raised platform to rear of flatted dwelling. Formation of window, infilling of door and replacement of window with patio doors on side elevations
53 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RE
Received 14 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0098/PP
Change of use of car parking spaces and landscaping to car wash and valet, siting of portakabin and erection of canopy
Customer Car Park Braehead Shopping Centre King's Inch Road Renfrew
Received 14 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0100/TC
Felling of 3 trees and pruning of 3 trees
Appin 28 Kilbarchan Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3ET
Received 14 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0101/PP
Change of use from amenity ground to private garden ground and erection of 1.8m fence
22 Elie Drive Bishopton PA7 5RD
Received 14 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0102/PP
Erection of garden shed
4 Lochwynd Lochwinnoch PA12 4FA
Received 14 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0103/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and formation of dormers on front and rear elevations
351 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BA
Received 15 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0104/PP
Erection of effluent treatment system compound and water tank enclosure.
3 Fountain Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RF
Received 15 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0105/PP
Erection of single storey extension, dormer and decking to rear of dwellinghouse
51 Glenpatrick Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AG
Received 16 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0106/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse and detached garage (in principle).
Waterside Cottage Waterside Lane Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AD
Received 16 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0107/TC
One lime tree to west of site to have crown removed, pollarding back to original pollard point of three Lime trees to west and five lime trees to east of site to be pollarded back to original pollard point.
Burnbrae Cottage Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ET
Received 16 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0108/PP
Installation of flue to roof plane
Langstilly House Langstilly Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DR
Received 16 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0109/PP
Formation of driveway to front of flatted dwelling
5 Kilmacolm Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7HR
Received 17 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0110/PP
Installation of replacement ATM (in retrospect)
1 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4DB
Received 17 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0111/TC
Remove dead and damaged branches from one Alder tree and remove branches from two Horse Chestnut trees
Memorial Hall 8 Steeple Square Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JD
Received 17 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0112/TP
Removal of one lime tree
49 Ellon Way Paisley PA3 4BW
Received 17 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0113/PP
Erection of residential development comprising two flats and thirty dwellinghouses with associated parking, road amendments and access paths.
Land To South East Of Junction With Elm Drive Maple Drive Johnstone
Received 17 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0114/PP
Erection of residential development comprising six flats and thirty seven dwellinghouses with associated parking, road amendments and access paths
Land To South East Of Junction With Elm Drive Maple Drive Johnstone
Received 17 Feb 2022
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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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