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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided00/1117/AD
Erection of an internally illuminated, free-standing advertisement unit.
St Andrew's Drive Glasgow Airport
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/1116/TP
Felling 1 lime tree and thinning of 4 lime trees.
Ranfurly Court Bridge Of Weir
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/1115/PP
Erection of extension to factory premises.
Millarston Industrial Estate Fulbar Road Paisley
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/1114/PP
Erection of conservatory
15 Findhorn Avenue Renfrew
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/1113/PP
Erection of a garage
204 Millfield Hill Erskine
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/1112/CL
Certificate of lawfulness in respect of retail use within Class 1 of the schedule to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1973, subject to the retail use being confined to purposes associated with the building, plumbing, decorating
Great Mills Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/1111/PP
Erection of rear single storey extension.
3 Marchbank Gardens Paisley
Received 22 Dec 2000 - Decided00/0989/LB
Stone cleaning to front and rear elevations and repairs to rear elevation, roof repairs demolition and replacement of mutual chimney with No. 28 and repairs to mutual chimney with No. 24.
26 High Street Paisley
Received 8 Nov 2000 - Decided00/0988/PP
Mixed use development comprising hotel and leisure uses (including indoor snow slope, cinema, health club, nightclub and family entertainment centre) with ancillary retail, restaurant and bar facilities, business development, residential development and associated works including the raising of ground levels and landscape and highway infrastructure
Land At North Renfrew (East) Renfrew
Received 8 Nov 2000 - Decided00/0858/TP
Felling of one tree, crown thinning of 2 trees.
29 Ballater Drive Inchinnan
Received 21 Sept 2000 - Decided00/0857/PP
Proposed alterations to dwelling house to include erection of front porch and rear extension.
3 The Grove Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 21 Sept 2000 - Decided05/1029/PP
Erection of 30 bed in-patient secure hospital facility.
Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley PA2 7DE
Received 12 Sept 2005 - Decided05/0553/AD
Erection of 2 x 96 sheet internally illuminated advert hoardings.
29-35 St James Street Paisley PA3 2HQ
Received 23 May 2005 - Decided05/0652/LB
Installation of replacement sash and case window to rear of dwelling house.
12A Gateside Place Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LY
Received 14 Jun 2005 - Decided05/0973/PP
Formation of wheelchair access ramp from side entrance to dwelling house.
43 Castleview Avenue Paisley PA2 8EE
Received 30 Aug 2005 - Decided05/0843/PP
Rear extension to public house.
Public House Bobbin Mill Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2BH
Received 27 Jul 2005 - Decided05/0996/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
2 Greenlaw Gardens Paisley PA1 3EL
Received 5 Sept 2005 - Decided06/0362/PP
Erection of a smoking shelter and bike shelter
Cirrus Building 9 Marchburn Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2SJ
Received 10 Apr 2006 - Decided05/1027/PP
Erection of 11.7m high slimline streetworks monopole supporting 3 No. 3G antennas within GRP shroud, associated equipment housing and ancillary development.
Land To North Of Sports Field Barn Green Kilbarchan Johnstone
Received 8 Sept 2005 - Decided05/1025/PP
Rehabilitation of existing tenement flats.
3 Victoria Drive East And Nos 82 To 92 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 8 Sept 2005 - Decided05/0651/LB
Installation of replacement sash and case window to rear.
12A Gateside Place Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LY
Received 14 Jun 2005 - Decided06/0361/PP
Erection of dwelling house (in outline)(NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT)
11 Nether Johnstone Milliken Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AJ
Received 10 Apr 2006 - Decided05/0807/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwelling house.
290 Gilmartin Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3ST
Received 20 Jul 2005 - Decided05/0971/RD
Construction of combined footpath/cycleway and associated lighting.
Land At Glenfield Road And Glenburn Road Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 30 Aug 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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