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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided05/0444/LB
Alterations to golf clubhouse to create a dwellinghouse.
Ranfurly Castle Golf Club Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HN
Received 26 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0322/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwelling and formation of pitched roof above existing front porch.
63 Dunvegan Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NJ
Received 29 Mar 2005 - Decided05/0241/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
35 Nith Drive Renfrew PA4 0UR
Received 9 Mar 2005 - Decided05/0373/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
Flat B 3 Stirling Way Renfrew PA4 0NZ
Received 11 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0348/PP
Sub-division of existing retail unit to form a single retail unit and a hot food take away with external alterations to the shopfront and rear elevation.
78 Seedhill Road Paisley PA1 1QT
Received 4 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0347/VR
To amend the terms of condition 2 of 02/1304/PP to reflect the re-routing of the footpath to St James Avenue from application site.
St James Avenue Paisley
Received 4 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0402/PP
Erection of a two storey extension incorporating garage to side of dwellinghouse and a single rear extension to rear.
19 Woodside Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UB
Received 15 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0401/PP
Erection of garage to side of dwelling house.
19 Belmont Road Paisley PA3 4TT
Received 15 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0400/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwellinghouse.
11 Station Rise Lochwinnoch PA12 4NA
Received 15 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0399/PP
Erection of 1800mm high metal fence to open (street) boundaries of site (in retrospect).
Land To The West Of 22 Andrews Street And 27 Blythswood Drive Andrews Street Paisley
Received 15 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0393/PP
Erection of an external grotto.
St Columba RC Church 35 Campsie Drive Renfrew PA4 0RB
Received 15 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0146/AD
Erection of 4 freestanding directional signs.
Bobbin Mill Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2BH
Received 14 Feb 2005 - Decided05/0381/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey extension to rear of dwelling house.
56 Dalhousie Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AT
Received 12 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0380/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwelling house.
Knockrounie East Overton Road Johnstone PA5 8JD
Received 12 Apr 2005 - Decided05/0226/RD
Erection of single storey extension accommodating seven new classrooms onto the food technology and R.E block to the north east side of the site.
Trinity RC High School Glebe Street Renfrew PA4 8TP
Received 7 Mar 2005 - Decided05/0248/PP
Engineering works to form an embankment.
Gleniffer High School 61 Amochrie Road Paisley PA2 0AQ
Received 10 Mar 2005 - Decided00/0342/TP
Lopping of two trees.
14 Springfield Woods Johnstone
Received 14 Apr 2000 - Decided00/0226/PP
Alterations and rear extension to dwelling house.
95 Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 20 Mar 2000 - Decided00/0225/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
16 Castle Crescent Bishopton
Received 20 Mar 2000 - Decided00/0224/PP
Residential Development.
Nethercommon Works Inchinnan Road Paisley
Received 20 Mar 2000 - Decided00/0223/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 26 flats, access, parking and landscaping (amendment to 99/857/PP).
Maxwellton Trading Estate Ferguslie Mills Paisley
Received 17 Mar 2000 - Decided00/0222/PP
Erection of an extension to dwelling house.
1 Ladyacres Inchinnan
Received 17 Mar 2000 - Decided00/0221/PP
Erection of a Residential/Nursing Home (allowing for demolition of the existing dwelling and a new vehicular access).
37 Stanely Road Paisley
Received 17 Mar 2000 - Decided00/0219/VR
External alterations to office (modification of condition 1 of planning consent 95/328/PP, constituting a renewal of planning permission).
19 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 17 Mar 2000
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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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