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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 dates12,596Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,429 approved or refused records
434Refused applications
10,995 approved · 434 refused · 430 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided25/0877/PP
Land engineering works comprising of cut and fill operations, re-levelling and re-grading of agricultural field (in retrospect)
Sandieston Stepends Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LE
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0878/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension to dwellinghouse
45 Craigielinn Avenue Paisley PA2 8QU
Received 23 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0880/PP
Change of use of shop (Class 1A) to restaurant (Class 3) including associated external alterations
1 High Street Renfrew PA4 8QJ
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0881/TP
Felling of Ash trees within three groupings, felling and dismantleing of individual trees including Oak, Common Alder, Scotts Pine and Sycamore, crown lifting, removal of deadwood and remedial works.
DXC TECHNOLOGY DXC Technology Offices Erskine Ferry Road Bishopton PA7 5PP
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0882/HH
Application for High Hedge Notice
1 Nith Drive Renfrew PA4 0UR
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0883/PP
Erection of two timber gazebos and a changing room/WC building at site of existing visitor centre, with associated landscaping
Aird's Meadow Visitor Centre Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JF
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0884/PP
Erection of front porch extension to dwellinghouse
51 Ben More Drive Paisley PA2 7NH
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0885/PP
Installation of dormer to front roof plane of dwellinghouse
37 Heron Place Johnstone PA5 0RW
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0886/PP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwellinghouse
39 Balfron Road Paisley PA1 3HD
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Unknown25/0890/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive element of Condition 6.5 ( final design and layout and an associated timetable for car park to the west of office block M) of Section 42 planning application 23/0153/PP
Unit 3 - Block F Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0891/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
14 Craigielea Park Renfrew PA4 8HP
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0892/TP
Treeworks to comprise reduction and maintenance works to one Horse Chestnut tree
1 Mccrorie Place Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2BF
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0893/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development comprising of internal alterations and installation of rooflights to dwellinghouse
Dornoch Lawmarnock Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AP
Received 28 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0895/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and installation of front and rear dormer to dwellinghouse
31 Tylney Road Paisley PA1 3EY
Received 28 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0896/TP
Treeworks comprising of removal of 1 no. Sycamore tree, 1 no. Beech tree, 1 no. Oak tree and 1 no. Chestnut tree and reduction of 2 no. Beech trees
Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley PA2 7DE
Received 28 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0897/FUR
Section 42 application to vary Condition 5 (noise limitation requirements) of planning permission 23/0018/PP (erection of a battery energy storage system)
Former Gasholder Station At Junction With Underwood Road Well Street Paisley
Received 29 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0900/PP
Installation of an air source heat pump into rear courtyard
1 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4DB
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0901/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension to dwellinghouse
113 Whitesbridge Avenue Paisley PA3 3BN
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0902/PP
Engineering works comprising reconfiguration of ground levels and formation of mounds with associated drainage and landscaping (in part retrospect)
Site On South Eastern Boundary Of Nos 19 And 21 Main Road At Newton Drive Elderslie Johnstone
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0903/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
22 Fairlie Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8WQ
Received 30 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0904/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development to convert garage into laundry room and store accessed from existing garage door and to raise existing side door and window lintel to accomodate floor insulation
1 Hagart Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7JH
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Awaiting decision25/0908/PP
Sub-division of existing Class 4 unit to three separate Class 4 units alongside associated external alterations including installation of roller shutters, and fire escapes to the rear
5 Rowan Street Paisley PA2 6RG
Received 31 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0909/PP
Erection of replacement dwellinghouse including partial demolition and reconfiguration of monastery
Main Building Monastery Of Jesus Lawmarnock Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PY
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Awaiting decision25/0910/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 10 of Planning Permission in Principle 17/0393/PP and Condition 51 of Planning Permission in Principle 06/0602/PP (Sites W1 - W5 for the erection of a residential development comprising of 446 dwellinghouses with associated infrastructure and landscaping).
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 3 Nov 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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