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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 dates19,400Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 17,827 approved or refused records
897Refused applications
16,930 approved · 897 refused · 752 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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- Decided13/0126/PP
Installation and relocation 4m to the south-east of a replacement 15m high telecommunications mast and siting of associated equipment
Site 40 Metres West Of 35 Mannering Road Brediland Road Paisley
Received 15 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0089/PP
Erection of decking to rear of dwellinghhouse
13 Pentland Crescent Paisley PA2 8BS
Received 4 Feb 2013 - Decided13/0408/PP
Change of use of public house to 2 No. retail units (Class 1) including alterations to frontage.
15 Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 17 Jun 2013 - Decided13/0407/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse.
11 Percy Road Renfrew PA4 8AZ
Received 18 Jun 2013 - Decided12/0517/PP
Application of protective overcoating to external walls of hotel
Holiday Inn Caledonia Way West Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2TE
Received 18 Jul 2012 - Decided13/0062/PP
Installation of steel container (in retrospect)
Victoria Works Mary Street Johnstone
Received 24 Jan 2013 - Decided13/0061/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
13 Fintry Avenue Paisley PA2 8DA
Received 24 Jan 2013 - Decided12/0728/PP
Change of use from offices to multiple occupancy
19A Wellmeadow Street Paisley PA1 2EF
Received 22 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0727/AD
Display of internally illuminated fascia sign, 2 projecting signs, display of non-illuminated ATM surround, one wall mounted sign and one door sign.
Unit A 63 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6NA
Received 17 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0726/PP
Installation of access ramp to side and rear of dwellinghouse.
46 Cathcart Crescent Paisley PA2 7EJ
Received 17 Oct 2012 - Decided13/0351/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
11A Low Road Paisley PA2 6AQ
Received 23 May 2013 - Decided13/0350/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
1 Semple Avenue Lochwinnoch PA12 4BG
Received 23 May 2013 - Decided13/0460/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and wall to side of dwellinghouse.
10 Maxwell Road Bishopton PA7 5HE
Received 4 Jul 2013 - Decided13/0282/PP
Engineering works to form SUDS Pond at south western edge of Plot E1
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 18 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0281/PP
Construction of access road from Southern Access Road to Environmental Test Facility.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 18 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0280/PP
Engineering works comprising partial re-alignment of Craigton Burn between Glenshinnock Road and confluence with Dargavel Burn.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 18 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0294/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 52 of outline planning permission 06/0602/PP for the formation of Phase 1 Landscaping works around Plot H5 and construction of an electricity sub station.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 23 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0292/PP
Change of use from office (Class 2 & 4) to dance studio (Class 11)
8 Silk Street Paisley
Received 22 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0293/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 23 flats with associated parking (amendment to planning consent 07/1213/PP)
Gauze Street / Cotton Street Paisley
Received 23 Apr 2013 - Decided13/0321/LB
Installation of replacement windows and doors
Freeland House Erskine Ferry Road Bishopton PA7 5PN
Received 8 May 2013 - Decided12/0703/PP
Erection of single storey extension and decking to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Mar Hall Avenue Bishopton PA7 5QE
Received 9 Oct 2012 - Decided12/0688/PP
Erection of 1 1/2 extension to side of dwellinghouse; replacement of roof of original dwellinghouse, including raising roof height and erection of retaining wall at rear
Elliston Cottage Beith Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1AS
Received 26 Sept 2012 - Decided14/0696/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
1 Hollows Avenue Paisley PA2 0RA
Received 16 Sept 2014 - Decided14/0538/TP
Felling of one Beech tree and One Ash tree.
41 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DB
Received 14 Jul 2014
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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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