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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 dates28,490Searchable applications
137Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 26,237 approved or refused records
1,648Refused applications
24,589 approved · 1,648 refused · 1,245 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided08/0828/PP
Formation of floodlit 7-a-side all weather pitch.
3 Fountain Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RF
Received 17 Sept 2008 - Decided98/0535/PP
Demolition of existing timber sheds and erection of new cattle shed.
High Belltrees Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 2 Jun 1998 - Decided08/0742/AD
Display of 2 no. internally illuminated advertising signs
Sites 80 Metres East Of Roundabout Junction With Old Govan Road King's Inch Drive Renfrew
Received 25 Aug 2008 - Decided08/0940/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
3 Weavers Court Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PQ
Received 23 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0826/AD
Display of sign comprising internally illuminated individual letters, halo lit.
Spires Studio School Wynd Paisley PA1 2DA
Received 17 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0795/TP
Crown thinning of 2 no. trees in rear garden
39 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DB
Received 9 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0824/PP
Erection of ten A-frame holiday lodges
Gleddoch House Hotel Old Greenock Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YE
Received 16 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0758/AD
Display of internally illuminated and non-illuminated signage
Unit 7 Phoenix Retail Park Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 1 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0830/CL
Erection of mezzanine floor
2 Fountain Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RE
Received 17 Sept 2008 - Decided08/1072/PP
Erection of car valet bay, replacement of 2 no. containers and erection of portacabin, and part change of use to car valet
85 Old Greenock Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PH
Received 2 Dec 2008 - Decided08/0883/PP
Alterations to windows, doors and stairs of flats
34/36 Greenock Road Paisley PA3 2LA
Received 6 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0888/PP
Replace roof tiles and reduce chimney to dwelling house
12 Crossways Houston Johnstone PA6 7DG
Received 7 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0877/AD
Display of 4 internally illuminated signs.
Land To West Of Andrew Avenue Renfrew
Received 2 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0876/PP
Conversion of existing barn to form dwellinghouse.
Monkland Forehouse Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PT
Received 2 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0875/PP
Alterations to outbuilding to form additional habitable accommodation including roof alterations and raising of wallheads and ridge height.
Monkland Forehouse Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PT
Received 2 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0416/PP
Erection of two class 1 shop units, alteration to service yard and formation of additional parking.
Land North Of No 55 Crosslee Crescent Houston Johnstone
Received 14 May 2008 - Decided09/0842/LB
Installation of disabled access platform lift, new stair between first & attic floor, roof dormer over new lift & stair and internal refurbishments.
20 Back Sneddon Street Paisley PA3 2DJ
Received 20 Nov 2009 - Decided08/0777/PP
Alterations to ground level within rear garden of dwellinghouse and erection of boundary fence.(Retrospective).
34 Victoria Road Paisley PA2 9PT
Received 4 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0807/PP
Change of use from Class 1 shop to sit in cafeteria with provision of hot meals (8am to 8pm), re-using existing flue.
73 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 11 Sept 2008 - Decided08/0908/PP
Erection of sun-room extension to rear of dwellinghouse
16 Locherburn Place Houston Johnstone PA6 7NH
Received 14 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0907/PP
Installation of 2 rooflights to rear of flat
22 Elm Lea Johnstone PA5 9DE
Received 14 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0896/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
38 Stravaig Walk Paisley PA2 0RY
Received 10 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0895/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
32 Dunsmore Road Bishopton PA7 5EL
Received 10 Oct 2008 - Decided08/0714/PP
Erection of 4 terraced and 2 semi detached dwelling houses. (Amendment to 05/0396/PP & 07/0956/PP)
Former Cattle Market Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 15 Aug 2008
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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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