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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided96/0892/TP
Proposed pruning of 2 Sycamore trees.
61 Loanhead Avenue Linwood
Received 19 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0912/AD
Erection of a non - illuminated free - standing signboard and the erection of two flag advertisements. (retrospective application).
Lounsdale Road Paisley
Received 25 Sept 1996 - Decided03/0005/PP
Erection of a car port.
The Grooms Cottage Glenlora Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 6 Jan 2003 - Decided03/0003/PP
Erection of Primary School and associated works.
Barrhead Road/Lochfield Road Paisley
Received 6 Jan 2003 - Decided03/0002/PP
Erection of Primary School and associated works.
Craigview Avenue/Benston Road/Beith Road Johnstone
Received 6 Jan 2003 - Decided02/1389/PP
Erection of 2 no. blocks of tenement flats consisting of 12 units and associated car parking.
Cyril Street/Lacy Street Paisley
Received 30 Dec 2002 - Decided02/1268/PP
Reconstruction of roundabout including general repair and upgrading to kerb and central reservation and siting of feature wall and lighting comprising new entrance feature.
Glasgow Airport Roundabout St Andrews Drive West/Caledonian Way West Paisley
Received 25 Nov 2002 - Decided96/0877/PP
Alteration to rear basement window to form a doorway.
11 Mansion House Road Paisley
Received 13 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0893/PP
Change of use of public open space to private garden ground and extension to dwelling house.
14 Park Glade Erskine
Received 20 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0913/PP
Erection of vehicle maintenance workshops.
Plot 58 St. Andrews Drive West Paisley
Received 25 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0914/PP
Siting of skips in yard.
66/68 Back Sneddon Street Paisley
Received 25 Sept 1996 - Decided96/0805/PP
Proposed extension of existing canopy with screen wall and provide glazed covered walkway to existing office building.
Falside Road Paisley
Received 27 Aug 1996 - Decided96/0823/PP
Erection of a one and a half storey rear extension.
16 Selkirk Avenue Paisley
Received 2 Sept 1996 - Decided02/1266/AD
Display of internally illuminated fascia box sign.
6 Gordon Street Paisley
Received 22 Nov 2002 - Decided02/1264/LB
Alterations of roof coverings to main roof and ancillary roof.
28 Thornhill Johnstone
Received 22 Nov 2002 - Decided02/1258/VR
Variation of condition No 2 of Planning Permission 97/156/PP to permit premises to open from 9.00pm until 3.00am on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
Upstairs 46 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 21 Nov 2002 - Decided02/1257/PP
Re-roofing of house.
4 Thornhill Drive Elderslie
Received 21 Nov 2002 - Decided02/1255/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
7 Ramsay Crescent Kilbarchan
Received 20 Nov 2002 - Decided03/0100/PP
Change of use and alterations to commercial workshop to form residential dwelling.
21A Church Street Kilbarchan
Received 30 Jan 2003 - Decided02/1329/PP
Erection of rear conservatory to dwelling house.
7 Bargarran & Craigend Holdings Barrhill Road Erskine
Received 13 Dec 2002 - Decided02/0991/AD
Erection of individually illuminated lettering & logo on shopfront fascia .
17 Moss Street Paisley
Received 16 Sept 2002 - Decided02/1191/PP
Single storey rear extension.
88 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley
Received 8 Nov 2002 - Decided02/1307/PP
Alterations and extension to rear of dwelling house.
Newmills Cottage Burnthills Road Lochwinnoch
Received 6 Dec 2002 - Decided03/0123/PP
Erection of enclosure to side of hotel for the purpose of housing a gas meter.
Abbotsinch Paisley
Received 4 Feb 2003
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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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