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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas8 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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
- Decided06/0009/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
4 Craigholme Houston Johnstone PA6 7DB
Received 6 Jan 2006 - Decided06/0006/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension to dwelling house.
47 Crawford Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7DA
Received 5 Jan 2006 - Decided06/0005/PP
Conversion of garage into sitting room.
43 Endrick Drive Paisley PA1 3TU
Received 5 Jan 2006 - Unknown06/0001/PP
Installation of 2 x 0.3m diameter dish antennas on to existing mast.
East Fulwood Farm House Houston Road Inchinnan Erskine Renfrew PA4 9LX
Received 5 Jan 2006 - Decided05/1334/AD
Display of 6 internally illuminated static signs.
1 Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 28 Nov 2005 - Decided05/1365/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwelling house.
12 Sconser Erskine PA8 7EN
Received 7 Dec 2005 - Decided02/0425/PP
Erection of two storey extension to the side and rear of dwelling house.
69 Calder Street Lochwinnoch
Received 29 Apr 2002 - Decided02/0424/LB
Erection of illuminated sign.
16 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 29 Apr 2002 - Decided02/0423/AD
Erection of illuminated sign.
16 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 29 Apr 2002 - Decided02/0422/PP
Installation of an ATM.
Oldhall Post Office 1 Penilee Road Paisley
Received 29 Apr 2002 - Decided02/0421/PP
Alterations and erection of two storey extension to side and rear of dwelling house.
10 Brackendene Houston
Received 26 Apr 2002 - Decided02/0293/PP
Erection of front wall with boundary of pavement.
23 Acer Crescent Paisley
Received 26 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0292/PP
Erection of a side extension to dwelling house.
43 Anderson Road Bishopton
Received 26 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0291/AD
Erection of internally illuminated advert and fascia sign.
58-60 Netherhill Road Paisley
Received 26 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0290/PP
Installation of new shopfront and video dispensing machine.
58-60 Netherhill Road Paisley
Received 26 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0289/PP
Erection of rear conservatory and relocation of existing garage to rear/side of dwellinghouse.
37 Lammermuir Drive Paisley
Received 26 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0288/TP
Crown thinning of one tree.
16 Glenmalloch Place Elderslie
Received 25 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0287/PP
Erection of rear dormer and alterations to form pitched roof to existing front dormer to dwellinghouse.
5A Thornly Park Avenue Paisley
Received 25 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0286/PP
Change of use of redundant agricultural buildings and alterations to form three dwelling houses.
Laigh Auchensale Farm Kilbarchan
Received 25 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0285/AD
Erection of a 48 sheet externally illuminated advertising hoarding.
4 New Inchinnan Road Paisley
Received 25 Mar 2002 - Decided02/0676/PP
Re-siting of garden fence (in retrospect).
1 Broomlands Avenue Erskine
Received 28 Jun 2002 - Decided02/0552/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse.
82 Andrews Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 31 May 2002 - Decided02/0551/PP
Erection of residential development.
Land Adjacent To Bird In Hand Hotel Beith Road Johnstone
Received 31 May 2002 - Decided02/0550/PP
Erection of rear extension to house, attic conversion, lockup garage and conservatory.
7 Dalhousie Road Kilbarchan
Received 31 May 2002
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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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