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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 dates26,620Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 24,506 approved or refused records
1,482Refused applications
23,024 approved · 1,482 refused · 1,146 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Sept 1997 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided09/0371/LB
Formation of en-suite bathroom and installation of velux rooflight.
14 Weavers Gate Paisley PA1 2TB
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0734/CL
Certificate of lawfulness for use of premises as public house
Bar 1901 48 Canal Street Renfrew PA4 8QD
Received 14 Oct 2009 - Decided09/0733/PP
Change of use of open space to garden ground and erection of raised decked area to rear of dwellinghouse
54 Mains River Erskine PA8 7JP
Received 13 Oct 2009 - Decided09/0370/PP
Replacement of existing single storey rear and side extension and erection of single storey side and rear and 1.5 storey side extension to dwellinghouse
2 Dryburgh Avenue Paisley PA2 9JB
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0368/PP
Erection of 2 wooden sheds and fence
9 Arran Drive Johnstone PA5 8PR
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0366/PP
Creation of 2 no. plots for the construction of 2 no. detached dwellinghouses (in principle)(NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT)
Adams House 136 Auchenlodment Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NX
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0365/PP
Subdivision of house plot and erection of detached house (in outline)(NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT)
28 Albert Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UE
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0341/PP
Erection of extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
12 Fergus Avenue Paisley PA3 1NH
Received 27 May 2009 - Decided09/0284/PP
Change of use of vacant land to garden ground and landscaped area (partly in retrospect) and erection of fence.
Land To The Rear Of 23-33 Lochhead Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 6 May 2009 - Decided09/0466/PP
Erection of replacement porch to front of dwellinghouse
8 Inchinnan Road Renfrew PA4 8ND
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/0443/PP
Erection of residential supported accommodation with on site care and associated parking and landscaping works(NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT)
15-35 Cathcart Crescent Paisley PA2 7EL
Received 2 Jul 2009 - Decided09/0359/PP
Change of use from public house to restaurant
Toby Jug 25 Lawn Street Paisley PA1 1HD
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0361/LB
Replacement of external fascia and roller shutter, replacement of entrance doors, decoration to window bed and ingoes
16 High Street Renfrew PA4 8QR
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0480/PP
Erection of extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
52 Barscube Terrace Paisley PA2 6XH
Received 13 Jul 2009 - Decided09/0479/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
40 Kirklands Renfrew PA4 8HR
Received 13 Jul 2009 - Decided09/0477/EO
Request for screening opinion on the need for an Environmental Impact Assessment for erection of wind turbine
1 Jubilee Court Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LB
Received 13 Jul 2009 - Decided09/0360/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
73 Leander Crescent Renfrew PA4 0XQ
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0252/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
113 Meikleriggs Drive Paisley PA2 9JN
Received 23 Apr 2009 - Decided09/0380/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
5 Morven Gait Erskine PA8 7DU
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Unknown09/0377/PP
Alterations to front porch
63 Lochore Avenue Paisley PA3 4BY
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0375/PP
Conversion of barn to dwellinghouse (amendment to planning permission 07/1221/PP)(NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT)
Wester Fulwood Houston Road Houston Johnstone
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/0228/PP
Change of use of shop unit to public house and alterations to frontage.
12 - 16 Old Sneddon Street Paisley PA3 2AL
Received 16 Apr 2009 - Decided09/0373/AD
Display of 1 no. internally illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. non-illuminated entrance sign
13 Kirk Road Houston
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided99/0951/PP
Erection of a 30m monopole telecommunications tower
Bluebell Woods Auchenlodment Road Elderslie
Received 5 Oct 1999
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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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