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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates13,920Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,684 approved or refused records
527Refused applications
12,157 approved · 527 refused · 482 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 2006 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/0075/PP
Formation of 3m wide active travel hardstanding path
Disused Railway From Abercorn Street To Wright Street
Received 4 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0074/PP
Change of use from cafe (class 3) to hot food take away.
Unit A 39 Gauze Street Paisley PA1 1EX
Received 3 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0073/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
24 Merlinford Crescent Renfrew PA4 8XW
Received 3 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0399/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
123 Brediland Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3RS
Received 23 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0244/PP
Installation of external plant to research facility
Blocks K1 And K2 Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 6 May 2020 - Decided20/0246/PP
Erection of residential development (in principle).
Torrance House Erskine Harbour Erskine PA8 6PA
Received 8 May 2020 - Decided20/0634/AD
Display of 1 internally illuminated totem sign.
Unit 1 Renfrew Road Retail Park Wallneuk Road Paisley PA3 4BF
Received 12 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0633/PP
Alterations to wall to front of dwellinghouse
Garrel Mount Bankend Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EU
Received 12 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0632/PP
Formation of vehicular access, boundary wall and bin enclosure
Scottish Fire And Rescue Service Area Headquarters 5 Thornhill Johnstone PA5 8JH
Received 12 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0318/PP
Substitution of House Types at Plots 60, 61, 68, 71-73, 75, 88, 89, 100, 101, 105, 108, 110, 112, 114, 116, 118, 122, 125, 136, 139, 219-221, 224-227,�231 and 232 (amendment to planning permission 17/0002/PP)
Former No 144 Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 15 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0317/TP
Pruning of overhanging growth from one oak tree and one sycamore tree
Rear Of 74A Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PR
Received 15 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0316/TP
Removal of storm damaged branches from one oak tree
Ardgryffe Park Ardgryfe Crescent Houston Johnstone
Received 15 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0315/TP
Crown lift and removal of second trunk on one sycamore tree; removal of several self-seeded saplings
Site On Northern Boundary Of No 20 Locherburn Avenue Houston Johnstone
Received 15 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0314/TP
Removal of one ash tree, pruning of various trees and removal of several self-seeded saplings
Land On Southern Bank Of River Gryffe Houston Road Crosslee Johnstone
Received 15 Jun 2020 - Decided21/0152/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinhouse
10 Dunlin Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7JX
Received 2 Mar 2021 - Decided21/0151/PP
Change of use of Class 2 premises to form restaurant with take-away facilities, erection of external flue duct and external alterations
Unit 2 57A Clippens Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3PU
Received 2 Mar 2021 - Decided20/0658/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey dwellinghouse with detached garage to rear.
Site To Side 1 Muirhead Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4EY
Received 23 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0657/PP
Change of use from amenity ground to garden ground, erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and extension of existing raised deck
23 Strathcarron Drive Paisley PA2 7AW
Received 23 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0656/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear, installation of rear dormer and external alterations.
62A Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5JB
Received 23 Oct 2020 - Decided21/0133/PP
Erection of Energy Centre and installation of underground pipework in association with District Heating Network.
Glasgow Airport Investment Area Abbotsinch Road Paisley
Received 24 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0132/TP
Felling of one Elder tree
Land To Rear 19 Hillside Houston
Received 23 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0692/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
4 Grahamston Place Paisley PA2 7BY
Received 5 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0691/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
85 Osprey Road Paisley PA3 2QG
Received 5 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0559/TP
Felling of one Sycamore tree
1 The Beeches Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UZ
Received 14 Sept 2020
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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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