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Renfrewshire planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Renfrewshire website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates32,320Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 29,835 approved or refused records
1,930Refused applications
27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided93/0883/PP
Residential Development.
Stonefield Farm Lochfield Road Paisley
Received 30 Aug 1993 - Decided93/0753/PP
Residential Development.
Brown Street Renfrew
Received 22 Jul 1993 - Decided93/0752/PP
Change of use of shop to form hot food take-away.
40 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 22 Jul 1993 - Decided96/0702/PP
Erection of a locked gate. (In retrospect).
Crosslee Crescent Houston
Received 25 Jul 1996 - Decided96/0703/PP
Proposed partial demolition of church halls and conversion of front hall and vestry to form dwellings. (amendment to Planning Consents 95/817/PP and 95/1228/PP).
Orr Square Church Paisley
Received 26 Jul 1996 - Decided93/0749/AD
Erection of a free standing sign.
92 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 22 Jul 1993 - Decided93/0748/PP
Formation of door to the rear of dwelling house.
31 Calder Street Lochwinnoch
Received 21 Jul 1993 - Unknown93/0747/RD
Erection of extension to community centre.
Cartside Community Centre McLaurin Crescent Johnstone
Received 21 Jul 1993 - Decided93/0745/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
North Castlewalls By Howwood
Received 21 Jul 1993 - Decided93/1164/PP
Erection of a farm shed.
East Mitchelton Farm Kilbarchan
Received 5 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1163/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
21 South Mound Houston
Received 5 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1162/PP
Erection of 25 No. dwellinghouses(amendment to approved housing layout).
Glencoats Park Paisley
Received 4 Nov 1993 - Decided96/0903/LB
Alterations to hotel, leisure club and ancillary facilities in the estate grounds, and demolition of various outbuildings.
Gleddoch House Hotel Langbank
Received 23 Sept 1996 - Decided93/1161/PP
Extension of permission for a garage.
St. John Bosco Church Barwood Road Erskine
Received 4 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1160/PP
Erection of 90,000 Sq.ft. D.I.Y retail unit, garden centre and external storage/sales of 53,000 sq.ft., new access roads, car parking and service yard.
Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 4 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1159/PP
Erection of a conservatory to the rear of dwelling house.
20 Lanfine Road Paisley
Received 4 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1158/PP
Alterations and extension to premises.
Goudie Street Paisley
Received 2 Nov 1993 - Decided93/1025/PP
Erection of extension to kitchen.
65 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 30 Sept 1993 - Decided93/1024/PP
Amendment of planning consent ref. 93/76/PP, substitution of 4 No. detached villas (Plots 3-6 incl) for terraced house group Court B (Plots 24-31 incl). Inclusion of 2 No. 3 bedroom detached villas (Plots 45 and 48).
St Margaret's (Rai Annexe) Park Road Paisley
Received 29 Sept 1993 - Decided93/1023/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
102 George Street Paisley
Received 29 Sept 1993 - Decided93/1022/PP
Erection of a garage.
12 Dunlop Street Linwood
Received 29 Sept 1993 - Decided93/1021/TC
Pruning, trunk cleaning and crown thinning to trees.
12 Low Road Paisley
Received 28 Sept 1993 - Decided93/1020/PP
Erection of 5 two storey private dwelling houses.
74 Auchenlodment Road Elderslie
Received 28 Sept 1993 - Decided93/1019/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
Glenbrook Horsewood Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 28 Sept 1993
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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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