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Scotland · Local authority
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 dates19,270Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,707 approved or refused records
886Refused applications
16,821 approved · 886 refused · 744 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided12/0820/AD
Display of one entrance post sign internally illuminated, one box sign internally illuminated and one fascia sign externally illuminated.
131 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6QL
Received 22 Nov 2012 - Decided13/0093/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse.
89 Whitesbridge Avenue Paisley PA3 3BL
Received 6 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0097/PP
Alteration to roof to the rear of dwellinghouse.
25 Riccartsbar Avenue Paisley PA2 6BQ
Received 6 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0096/PP
Erection of riding school to include staff accommodation, stables, dressage area and associated car parking (Modification of Condition 1 of planning consent 09/0278/PP to extend time limit for implementation)
Site 100 Metres West Of The Coach House Gleddoch Old Greenock Road Langbank
Received 6 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0095/PP
Installation of biomass plant and associated fuel store
15 East Lane Paisley PA1 1QA
Received 6 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0251/PP
Change of use from car wash storage unit to hot food takeaway and installation of external flue on rear elevation.
65 Canal Street Paisley
Received 3 Apr 2013 - Decided12/0776/PP
Erection of security fencing to front and rear boundaries of site.
Site Between Nos 19 And 23 West Street Paisley
Received 5 Nov 2012 - Decided13/0267/LB
Installation of internal wall to remove link between number 7 and number 9
7 Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 12 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0266/PP
Change of use from doctor's surgery (Class 2) to flat.
26 Ewing Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JA
Received 12 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0265/TP
Felling of one cherry tree
42 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DB
Received 11 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0264/PP
Erection of detached garage.
12 Taylor Avenue Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LS
Received 10 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0263/TP
Felling of five trees and reduction of limb from one tree.
Normandy Hotel Inchinnan Road Renfrew PA4 9EJ
Received 9 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0147/PP
Installation of replacement 15 metre high telecommunications mast, 1 cabinet and 2 radio equipment enclosures and ancillary development (existing mast and 1 cabinet to be removed)
Land To South Of Roundabout Linking To Sandwood Road Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 26 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0146/PP
Replacement of 15m high monopole and associated equipment cabinet with 15m high monopole and three associated equipment cabinets.
Land To East Of Junction With Lochfield Drive Lochfield Road Paisley
Received 27 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0145/AD
Display of 48-sheet hoarding (in retrospect)
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 26 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0144/PP
Erection of pallisade fence.
57-65 Montrose Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LZ
Received 26 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0291/PP
Formation of beer garden, erection of 1.8 m high boundary fence and installation of timber gate to side of public house, in retrospect.
Old Swan Inn 20 Smithhills Street Paisley PA1 1EB
Received 22 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0299/PP
Erection of single storey building to accommodate training hall with associated offices and lecture rooms, erection of boundary fencing and two flag poles and formation of parking.
29 Canal Road Johnstone PA5 8LA
Received 23 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0083/PP
Installation of roller shutter to frontage.
Unit A 62 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6NE
Received 31 Jan 2013 - Decided13/0082/PP
Erection of decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
23 Woodside Avenue Bridge Of Weir PA11 3PQ
Received 31 Jan 2013 - Decided12/0595/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Smiddy House Barochan Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7BX
Received 20 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0602/PP
Change of use from class 1 shop to form hot food takeaway and erection of flue to rear
Unit A 55 Love Street Paisley
Received 21 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0600/PP
Installation of shop front and roller shutters.
59 Hairst Street Renfrew PA4 8QU
Received 20 Aug 2012 - Decided12/0599/PP
Formation of dormer windows to front and rear of dwellinghouse
43 Strathmore Avenue Paisley PA1 3EE
Received 20 Aug 2012
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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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