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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Appeal decided02/1010/AD
Part A - Erection of 2 No. replacement non-illuminated intercom signs on islands within the car park and 1 No. replacement directional sign on the south west facing gable of the store. Part B - Erection of 1 No non-illuminated sign on the south west faci
Unit 49 Kings Inch Road Braehead Renfrew
Received 18 Sept 2002 - Decided02/1009/PP
Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation including new pitched roof.
17 Hagart Road Houston
Received 18 Sept 2002 - Decided02/1008/PP
Installation of double glazed UPVC conservatory at rear of dwellinghouse
19 Roffey Park Road Paisley
Received 18 Sept 2002 - Decided02/1007/LB
Reinstate attic accommodation, and install spiral access stair install velux roof windows.
5 Silk Street Paisley
Received 18 Sept 2002 - Decided02/1006/PP
Installation of roof windows to front and rear elevations.
5 Silk Street Paisley
Received 18 Sept 2002 - Decided02/0890/PP
Extension and improvement of boatyard by infilling with inert building rubble to raise land above winter flood levels and construction of new security fence.
Bridge Isle Inchinnan
Received 22 Aug 2002 - Decided02/0889/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension and front porch to dwelling house.
20 Queens Drive Bishopton
Received 22 Aug 2002 - Decided02/0888/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
18 Sandielands Avenue Erskine
Received 22 Aug 2002 - Decided02/0887/AD
Repositioning of 1 x 48 sheet illuminated advert hoarding.
3 Mavisbank Terrace Lonend Paisley PA1 1TL
Received 22 Aug 2002 - Decided02/0886/PP
Change of use of ground floor shop unit to a beauty salon (Class 2: Financial and Professional Services).
34-36 Canal Street Renfrew
Received 21 Aug 2002 - Decided02/0885/VR
To vary condition 1 of Planning Consent 97/974/PP.
Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 21 Aug 2002 - Decided02/0884/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to detached dwelling house.
8 Lamont Avenue Bishopton
Received 21 Aug 2002 - Decided01/0763/PP
Erection of 64 private dwellings with associated works.
Keanie Park Auchenlodment Road Elderslie
Received 24 Jul 2001 - Decided01/0762/PP
Erection of 13 detached dwelling houses, 6 semi-detached and 4 terraced dwelling houses and associated alterations to road layout (substitution of house types on plots 88-104, 226-231, 105 and 112 and amendment to layout in consent 00/768/PP).
Plots 88-104 226-231 105 And 112 Inch Meadows Erskine
Received 24 Jul 2001 - Decided01/0761/PP
Part change of use of residential/office accomodation to form a children's nursery and offices alongwith associated alterations.
10 - 12 Townhead Terrace Paisley
Received 24 Jul 2001 - Decided96/1156/TP
Pruning of a tree.
Manse Grounds Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 17 Dec 1996 - Decided01/1114/PP
Erection of conservatory to the side of dwelling house.
Cairn-Mhor Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 25 Oct 2001 - Decided01/1113/PP
Change of use of storage building to dwelling house and associated garden ground.
Quarrelton Beith Road Johnstone
Received 25 Oct 2001 - Decided01/1112/PP
Erection of rear conservatory and 2.2m high timber boundary fence.
3 Carriagehill Avenue Paisley
Received 25 Oct 2001 - Decided01/1111/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
2 Four Windings Houston
Received 25 Oct 2001 - Decided02/0133/PP
Construction of 31 No. two storey dwellings comprising houses for mainstream and supported accomodation.
Muirhead Drive Linwood
Received 19 Feb 2002 - Decided02/0132/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
27 Lochy Place Erskine
Received 18 Feb 2002 - Decided02/0131/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwelling house.
41 Dunchurch Road Paisley
Received 18 Feb 2002 - Decided02/0130/AD
Display of 9 internally illuminated signs and nine non illuminated signs.
Hamilton Street Paisley
Received 18 Feb 2002
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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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