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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 dates19,005Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,457 approved or refused records
867Refused applications
16,590 approved · 867 refused · 734 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Oct 2003 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided12/0632/AD
Display of two totem signage panels.
69 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BX
Received 5 Sept 2012 - Decided12/0879/CC
Demolition of dwellinghouse
Meadowbank New Street Kilbarchan PA10 2LN
Received 20 Dec 2012 - Decided12/0563/PP
Installation of external wheelchair lift
1 Amochrie Drive Paisley PA2 0BE
Received 1 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0613/TP
Removal 2 No. pine trees
12 Crosbie Woods Paisley PA2 0SG
Received 28 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0612/PP
Conversion of dwellinghouse to 2 no. flats
Speirsfield House Residential Home 34 Stevenson Street Paisley PA2 6BP
Received 28 Aug 2012 - Decided14/0286/PP
Formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse.
Glentyan North Lodge Forehouse Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PS
Received 14 Apr 2014 - Decided14/0285/TP
Removal of one beech tree and treeworks to one ash tree
41 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DB
Received 14 Apr 2014 - Decided13/0168/AD
Display of one internally illuminated totem sign, four internally illuminated ground based directional signs, two non-illuminated totem signs, one internally illuminated panel sign, seven internally illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated tot
7 Braille Crescent Renfrew
Received 5 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0556/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
15 Littleston Gardens Erskine PA8 6HP
Received 19 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0555/PP
Installation of ATM (in retrospect).
28 McKenzie Street Paisley PA3 1LW
Received 19 Aug 2013 - Decided12/0562/PP
Change of use of public house to three Class 1 retail units and erection of a single storey extension
179-181 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9ES
Received 1 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0561/PP
Installation of disabled access ramp to front of building
20 Back Sneddon Street Paisley PA3 2DJ
Received 1 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0560/LB
Installation of disabled access ramp to front of building
20 Back Sneddon Street Paisley PA3 2DJ
Received 1 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0559/PP
Erection of two dwellinghouses, conversion and extension of store to form dwellinghouse (Renewal of planning consent 07/0259/PP)
17 Steeple Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JF
Received 2 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0729/AD
Display of illuminated surround to ATM.
63 Ivanhoe Road Paisley PA2 0JZ
Received 19 Oct 2012 - Decided13/0167/PP
Erection of fence and gates.
16-18 Fountain Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RE
Received 4 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0166/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
33 Alwyn Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7LH
Received 4 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0165/PP
Part change of use of land to form household waste recycling facility, upgrading of existing recycling facility, formation of access and internal road and erection of security fence and gate.
Main Depot And Recycling Centre Renfrewshire Council Depot Underwood Road Paisley PA3 1TL
Received 4 Mar 2013 - Decided13/0164/TP
Removal of one sycamore tree.
8 Alder Place Johnstone PA5 0DF
Received 5 Mar 2013 - Decided12/0765/PP
Erection of porch to front and detached garage to rear of dwellinghouse.
83 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8LH
Received 31 Oct 2012 - Decided13/0524/PP
Re-location of customer parking area, formation of external vehicle display area and formation of customer access to entrance of building.
500 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4XA
Received 2 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0523/PP
Erection of canopy to western elevation of warehouse
159 Wright Street Renfrew PA4 8AN
Received 2 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0522/PP
Erection of three 1.5 storey cottages
Site Between Risk Cottage And Cedar Cottage Beith Road Howwood Johnstone
Received 2 Aug 2013 - Decided13/0163/TP
Crown lifting and crown reduction works to one tree.
Site 20 Metres West Of No 28 Locher Way Houston Johnstone
Received 4 Mar 2013
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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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