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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 dates12,629Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,461 approved or refused records
438Refused applications
11,023 approved · 438 refused · 431 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
More application records
- Decided25/1014/PP
Installation of rear dormer to dwellinghouse
8 Hagg Place Johnstone PA5 8TJ
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1015/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
31 Arkleston Road Paisley PA1 3TE
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1016/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and installation of rear dormer to dwellinghouse
263 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3ER
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1019/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
Freeland Lodge Main Street Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AE
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1020/TP
Treeworks comprising reduction back to previous pruning points of two limes, one sycamore, one horse chestnut and one Norway maple, alongside removal of epicormic growth from stems
Golf Drive Paisley PA1 3LA
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1021/PP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwellinghouse
41 Avondale Drive Paisley PA1 3TN
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1022/PP
Change of Use from Hairdressers (Class 1A) to Hot Food Takeaway (Sui Generis) and associated erection of external flue
158A Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8DA
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1024/PP
Demolition of wings and rear buildings at Paisley Grammar School and erection of flatted development on vacated land, including conversion of original school to flats
Paisley Grammar School Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3RP
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1025/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
14 Dunbar Road Paisley PA2 9JX
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1027/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive elements of Condition 4 (Street lighting design for new junction) and Condition 5 (Verification Statement for drainage measures) of planning permission 23/0513/PP plus information also submitted confirming monitoring undertaken by ecological clerk of works in accordance with Condition 1.
Roundabout At Entrance To Rolls Royce Factory Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1028/PP
Replacement roof covering of existing Scottish slates with Spanish slates
41 High Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EG
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1030/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for removal of Copper Beech tree and Leyland Cypress tree and crown reduction of three Sycamore trees
46 Oakshaw Street West Paisley PA1 2DE
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1031/PA
Prior Notification for demolition of former supermarket building
54 Houstoun Court Johnstone PA5 8DL
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1032/PA
Prior Notification for the installation of a 25m high lattice tower supporting telecommunications equipment and associated works
Mast 100 Metres North East Of Erskine Bowling Club Barwood Road Erskine
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1033/PP
Erection of building to be used as a residential annex
St Brydes Cottage Shields Holdings Lochwinnoch PA12 4HN
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1035/NMV
Non-Material Variation for alterations to NHS retained land including a SUDs pond, existing footpath alterations and provision of Electric Sub Stations in Housing Pods.
Main Building And Grounds Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley PA2 7DE
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1036/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to remove the three conifers
Greystones Montrose Terrace Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DD
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1039/LB
Stoneworks comprising of removal of paint finishes, cutting back of defective and unstable stone, brick repairs, repointing using lime mortar and application of lime based facade
94 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BJ
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1040/PP
Installation and alterations to form replacement shopfront
14 Moss Street Paisley PA1 1BL
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1041/AD
Installation of advertisements comprising of a box sign and a projecting sign
14 Moss Street Paisley PA1 1BL
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1042/LB
Installation of external and internal air source heat pump units and addition of secondary glazing to windows relating to five rooms
Stanely House Stanely Crescent Paisley PA2 9LF
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1043/PP
Installation of external air source heat pump on rear elevation of building
Stanely House Stanely Crescent Paisley PA2 9LF
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1044/NMV
Non-Material Variation for planning permission 23/0076/PP to relocate the extract ducting to the area above the rear access door
Unit 1 Bargarran Shopping Centre Bargarran Square Erskine PA8 6BS
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/1045/PP
Change of use of vacant site (former Brown Institute building) to form publicly accessible garden and community/amenity open space with associated street furniture and hard and soft landscaping
Former Renfrew Museum The Brown Institute 41 Canal Street Renfrew PA4 8QA
Received 18 Dec 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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