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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided05/0981/PP
Two storey side extension to dwellinghouse.
26 Aboyne Drive Paisley PA2 7SJ
Received 31 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0669/PP
Alterations and single storey side and rear extension to dwelling house.
51 Beardmore Cottages Inchinnan Erskine Renfrew PA4 9PE
Received 17 Jun 2005 - Decided05/0974/PP
Erection of a side dormer to dwellinghouse.
47 Selkirk Avenue Paisley PA2 9JF
Received 30 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0950/PP
Erection of part 2 storey and part single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
7 Ravenscraig Avenue Paisley PA2 9QL
Received 25 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0956/PP
Installation of five wall mounted condenser units to business premises.
Unit E Cirrus Building 9 Marchburn Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2SJ
Received 26 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0958/PP
Erection of first floor extension to existing gable to side of dwelling house.
18 Redhurst Crescent Paisley PA2 8PX
Received 26 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0678/PP
Replacement of telephone kiosk with payphone and automatic telling machine.
Land To East Of Number 20 Thornhill Johnstone
Received 20 Jun 2005 - Decided05/0949/AD
Display of internally illuminated sign to southern and northern elevation of police building and erection of free-standing sign to western side of the building.
K Division Police Station Mill Street Paisley PA1 1JU
Received 24 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0668/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of property.
26 Kingsburgh Drive Paisley PA1 3TP
Received 17 Jun 2005 - Decided05/0947/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension to dwelling house.
14 The Meadows Houston Johnstone PA6 7DJ
Received 24 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0946/PP
Erection of single storey Class 4 office unit with associated car parking and storage yard.
110/112 Abercorn Street Paisley PA3 4AY
Received 24 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0943/PP
Erection of replacement garage (demolition of existing) to front of dwelling house.
49 Yarrow Crescent Bishopton PA7 5ED
Received 23 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0941/PP
Erection of garage, garden room and study and external alterations to dwelling house, removal of rooflight and installation of velux windows and replacement of dormer windows.
Invercarron 11 Watt Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DN
Received 23 Aug 2005 - Decided00/0747/PP
Erection of a timber boundary fence (In retrospect).
2 Burnside Avenue Brookfield
Received 14 Aug 2000 - Decided00/0744/AD
Formation of illuminated advertisement on bus shelter.
Adj Abbey Medical Centre Lonend Paisley
Received 11 Aug 2000 - Decided00/0743/VR
Removal of condition no. 5 of 97/487/PP to remove the need for all site mitigation works in respect of pond to the west of the M8.
Inchinnan Business Park Inchinnan
Received 11 Aug 2000 - Decided00/0742/PP
Erection of building on vacant plot (constituting an extension of the existing childrens day nursery).
Jennyswell Road Paisley
Received 10 Aug 2000 - Decided00/0741/TP
Felling of one elm tree
20 Brent Crescent Houston
Received 9 Aug 2000 - Decided00/0740/LB
Installation of telecommunications Tetra Radio Base Station.
Abbey Mill Business Park Mile End Mill Paisley
Received 9 Aug 2000 - Decided01/0007/HZ
Claim for deemed hazardous substances consent in respect of the manufacture, drying, grinding and dispersion of Classical organic Azo and Phthalocyanine pigments.
Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 4 Jan 2001 - Decided01/0006/PP
Proposed erection of one and a half storey extension to the side and rear of dwellinghouse.
79 Auchenlodment Road Johnstone
Received 4 Jan 2001 - Decided01/0004/PP
Erection of single storey dwelling house with integral garage.
26 Albert Road Brookfield
Received 4 Jan 2001 - Decided01/0900/PP
Erection of side garage and rear conservatory extension to dwelling house.
30 Taylor Avenue Kilbarchan
Received 31 Aug 2001 - Decided01/0778/PP
Erection of extension to rear of dwelling house.
40 Main Street Lochwinnoch
Received 30 Jul 2001
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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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