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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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- Decided03/0377/PP
Installation of 6 no antennae flush mounted, 2 no transmission dishes, equipment cabin and development ancillary thereto.
Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 28 Mar 2003 - Decided02/1116/PP
Erection of a commercial garage with storage area to the rear of a detached dwelling house.
Six Lums Castle Semple Lochwinnoch
Received 15 Oct 2002 - Decided03/0376/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension and rear conservatory to dwelling house.
54 Hawthorn Crescent Erskine
Received 28 Mar 2003 - Decided03/0160/PP
Erection of extension and alterations to dwelling house to include raising of roof height.
23 Broomlands Gardens Erskine
Received 12 Feb 2003 - Decided02/1294/PP
Alterations to ground level at plots 42 - 48.
R.A.H. Victoria Road Paisley
Received 2 Dec 2002 - Decided03/0275/PP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwelling house.
210 Linburn Road Erskine
Received 7 Mar 2003 - Decided03/0276/AD
Display of externally illuminated advertisement display on shopfront fascia and externally illuminated projecting sign.
19 Moss Street Paisley
Received 7 Mar 2003 - Decided03/0597/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
29 Thornley Park Drive Paisley
Received 19 May 2003 - Decided03/0595/PP
Erection of temporary sales cabin and associated access and car parking (in retrospect)
Friarshall Park Road. Paisley
Received 19 May 2003 - Decided03/0594/PP
Erection of small side and first floor extension to dwelling house and relocation of gate.
2 Camps Crescent Renfrew
Received 19 May 2003 - Decided02/1249/PP
Construction of 2 front dormers and one rear dormer to attic of dwellinghouse and erection of detached single garage to rear of dwellinghouse.
2 Selkirk Avenue Paisley
Received 19 Nov 2002 - Decided01/1099/PP
1. Erection of roadbridge and formation of junction with associated highway works and revised access to development consented under 00/916/PP. 2. Erection of petrol filling station and car wash facilities.
Former Anchor Mills Seedhill Paisley
Received 22 Oct 2001 - Decided03/0216/PP
Erection of a conservatory to side of dwellinghouse.
142 Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 25 Feb 2003 - Decided03/0188/PP
Removal of 3 existing lead glass window units and the installation of 2 replacement open case double glazed window units and 1 fixed pane double glazed window units.
Flat 5 6A Oakshaw Street East Paisley
Received 20 Feb 2003 - Decided01/0436/PP
Erection of car deck over existing car park.
Mirren Court One 119 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 30 Apr 2001 - Decided03/0187/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension, single storey side extension and front porch to detached dwelling house.
1 Almond Drive Bishopton
Received 19 Feb 2003 - Decided03/0184/AD
Erection of non-illuminated Halifax logo and replacement of internally illuminated projecting sign to the High Street elevation. The erection of individual non-illuminated letters, logo and new projecting sign to Glebe Street elevation.
1 High Street Renfrew
Received 19 Feb 2003 - Appeal decided03/0229/PP
(A) Change of use of part of public open space to private garden ground at 60 Balmoral Drive.(B) Removal of play equipment, provision of additional landscaping and closure of public footpath and change of use of land to private garden ground between 62 a
Balmoral Drive Bishopton
Received 27 Feb 2003 - Decided96/0899/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension.
25 Campsie Drive Renfrew
Received 23 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0900/PP
Erection of a 1.6m high wall in rear of garden. (Retrospective)
12 Weavers Road Paisley
Received 23 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0916/PP
Erection of a 25.5m telecomminications mast and associated apparatus.
Nether Johnstone Farm Kilbarchan
Received 25 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0917/CC
Demolition of outbuildings and installation of three velux windows and one 1st floor window (In retrospect).
Freelands House Main Street Bridge Of Weir
Received 25 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0933/PP
Infrastructure works, incorporating new roads, underground services, landscaping and boundary fences.
Marchfield Ave/Inchinnan Rd/Sanderling Rd Paisley
Received 2 Oct 1996 - Decided96/0934/LB
Installation of a non - illuminated projecting hanging sign.
7 Moss Street Paisley
Received 2 Oct 1996
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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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