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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 dates32,320Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
94%Approval rate · 29,835 approved or refused records
1,930Refused applications
27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Nov 1987 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided05/1396/PP
Change of use of flat to house of multiple occupancy.
No 2 Walker Street And No 23 Wellmeadow Street Paisley
Received 19 Dec 2005 - Decided05/0832/PP
Change of use from class 1 shop to hot food shop and erection of rear ventilation duct.
Unit C 5 High Street Johnstone PA5 8JZ
Received 26 Jul 2005 - Decided05/1395/PP
Erection of side extension to dwelling house.
70 Lammermuir Drive Paisley PA2 8AL
Received 19 Dec 2005 - Decided05/1394/PP
Construction of external raised deck accessed from bar with fixed roof.
The Wee Howff 53 High Street Paisley PA1 2AN
Received 16 Dec 2005 - Decided05/1393/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwelling house.
4 Endrick Drive Paisley PA1 3TX
Received 16 Dec 2005 - Decided97/0725/PP
Proposed mixed use development comprising hotel, licensed restaurant, class 6 (six), 5-a-side soccer ground, golf driving range, petrol filling station and allotments with new access and associated infrastructure and landscaping.
St James Interchange Paisley
Received 6 Aug 1997 - Decided05/1216/PP
Erection of rear dormer to dwelling house.
6 Netherdale Drive Paisley PA1 3DA
Received 31 Oct 2005 - Decided06/0103/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwelling house.
53 Locher Crescent Houston Johnstone PA6 7NW
Received 6 Feb 2006 - Decided06/0008/PP
Erection of upper storey extension to side of dwelling house.
31 Lossie Crescent Renfrew PA4 0YJ
Received 6 Jan 2006 - Decided05/1364/PP
Erection of side extension to dwelling house.
2 Tay Avenue Renfrew PA4 0UE
Received 7 Dec 2005 - Decided05/1333/AD
Display of seven internally illuminated fascia signs, four non-illuminated directional signs, three pole-mounted flag signs, one internally illuminated pylon sign, two internally illuminated entrance statement signs and a wall-mounted sign.
2 Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 28 Nov 2005 - Decided05/1338/PP
Formation of window in front elevation and provision of waste bin store.
Bishopton Health Centre Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5AW
Received 29 Nov 2005 - Decided05/1293/VR
Amendment to condition 14 of original planning approval 96/655/PP to permit occupation of dwellings on partial completion of golf course.
Gleddoch House Hotel Old Greenock Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YE
Received 18 Nov 2005 - Decided05/1383/PP
Alterations, conversion of existing roofspace and installation of five Velux roof windows.
16 Steeple Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JE
Received 14 Dec 2005 - Decided06/0003/PP
Installation of rear dormer (in retrospect).
400 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BE
Received 5 Jan 2006 - Decided05/1420/TC
Pruning of one beech tree.
17 Mansion House Road Paisley PA1 3RG
Received 22 Dec 2005 - Decided05/1418/PP
Installation of replacement windows to 59 tenement flats.
Nos 2 To 18 Lang Street And Nos 15 To 19 Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 22 Dec 2005 - Decided05/1417/PP
Installation of replacement windows to 26 tenement flats.
No 7 Ladyburn Street And Nos 48 And 50 McKerrell Street Paisley
Received 22 Dec 2005 - Decided05/1415/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
8 Garnie Avenue Erskine PA8 7BE
Received 22 Dec 2005 - Decided06/0017/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
43 Turnhill Drive Erskine PA8 7AY
Received 9 Jan 2006 - Decided05/1414/PP
Erection of factory extension.
5 Cartside Avenue Inchinnan Erskine Renfrew PA4 9RP
Received 22 Dec 2005 - Decided06/0600/PP
Installation of two awnings.
Finlay's 33 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UL
Received 7 Jun 2006 - Decided05/1339/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of flatted dwelling.
37A Stirling Drive Johnstone PA5 8TH
Received 30 Nov 2005 - Decided05/1258/PP
Installation of 4 No. drop-arm retractable sun awnings, fixed within window recesses.
Afton Bar 70 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YP
Received 8 Nov 2005
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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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