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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 dates13,421Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,211 approved or refused records
494Refused applications
11,717 approved · 494 refused · 464 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Sept 2006 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided26/0299/TP
Treeworks comprising removal of overhanging limbs from one Norway Maple, side pruning of one sycamore tree and removal of semi-mature ash tree
15 Acer Crescent Paisley PA2 9LR
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0300/PP
Installation of pharmacy dispensing unit to shopfront
CUMBRAE PROPERTY LTD 5 Dalgety Drive Bishopton PA7 5LN
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0301/AD
Installation of illuminated fascia and graphic signs associated with pharmacy dispensing unit
CUMBRAE PROPERTY LTD 5 Dalgety Drive Bishopton PA7 5LN
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0302/PP
Erection of a single storey side extension and formation of front dormer to dwellinghouse
37 Tylney Road Paisley PA1 3HB
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0303/PP
Erection of extensions to gym building
8 Lorne Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4HG
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0304/PP
Erection of car supermarket with sales building, ancillary workshop building, vehicle sales hardstandings, parking and associated customer/service access.
Site On Southern Edge Of Roundabout Linking Griffin Avenue And Pegasus Avenue Paisley
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0305/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to repollard stems of 7 no. Common Lime trees at front of property
Flat 1 6 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RA
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0306/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension, installation of front dormer and associated external alterations to dwellinghouse
150 Hawkhead Road Paisley PA2 7BQ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0307/PP
Erection of a front porch extension to dwellinghouse
2 Crookhill Drive Lochwinnoch PA12 4AZ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0309/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and adjoining raised decking area with associated privacy screening to dwellinghouse
11 King's Crescent Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AD
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0310/PP
Formation of a driveway with associated works including removal of wall to front of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
21 Shuttle Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JN
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0311/PP
Change of use of public open space to private domestic garden ground and associated erection of fence
37 Kirkconnel Road Bishopton PA7 5RF
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0312/DOC
Request to discharge the suspensive aspect of Condition 4 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), 5 (Detailed Drainage Strategy), 6 (Construction Traffic Management Plan), 7 (Above Ground Development), 8 (Landscape Strategy), and 10 (Peat Management Plan) of approved planning permission 25/0059/PP
BAE Land UK - Environmental Test Facility Glenluce Drive Bishopton
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0313/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
19 Portree Crescent Bishopton PA7 5GR
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0314/PP
Erection of building comprising of 8 residential flats and associated works
17 School Wynd Paisley
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0315/TP
Treeworks consisting of felling of six trees comprising two common ash, two sycamore, one rowan and one wych elm, and pollarding of one common oak tree
Woodland At Crawford Road Leman Place And Dunlin Crescent Houston Johnstone
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0316/PP
Change of use of ground floor from Class 1a (Shop) to Class 3 (Restaurant/Cafe), change of use first floor from Class 1a (Shop) to Class 4 (Business) and Sui Generis and change of use of second floor from Class 1a (Shop) to Sui Generis (in retrospect) with associated external alterations
42 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0317/PP
Amendments and alterations to detached garage and extensions approved under planning permission 20/0165/PP (in retrospect)
Inglewood Houston Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XT
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0319/PP
External alterations to front and rear elevation of dwellinghouse comprising of installation of replacement windows and new rooflights, refurbishment and repairing of existing windows, doors, rainwater goods, repair and maintenace of stonework.
15 Church Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JQ
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0320/LB
External alterations to front and rear elevation of dwellinghouse comprising of installation of replacement windows and new rooflights, refurbishment and repairing of existing windows, doors, rainwater goods, repair and maintenace of stonework alongside associated internal alterations to dwellinghouse
15 Church Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JQ
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0322/PP
Change of use of existing building from former Class 1 (shop and showroom) and associated former bowling green to Class 4 (offices) alongside erection of adjoining single storey extensions and external alterations to building
CLEARWATER KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS 60 Montrose Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LA
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0323/PP
Erection of one and a half storey rear extension with adjoining external decking platform, single storey side extension and installation of side and rear dormer extension to dwellinghouse and erection of freestanding garden room building in rear garden curtilage of dwellinghouse
41 Strathmore Avenue Paisley PA1 3EE
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0324/TP
Treeworks comprising of crown reduction of 1 no. Ash Tree
47 Torridon Drive Renfrew PA4 0US
Received 22 Apr 2026 - Decided26/0325/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for erection of rear extension to dwellinghouse
16 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PX
Received 23 Apr 2026
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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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