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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided99/0028/PP
Alterations and erection of extension to form coffee shop and creche, and alterations to car park.
Neilston Road Paisley
Received 14 Jan 1999 - Decided99/0027/PP
Residential Development (4 2-storey flats).
West Site Magdalen Way Paisley
Received 14 Jan 1999 - Decided99/0026/PP
Residential Development (4 2-storey flats).
East Site Magdalen Way Paisley
Received 14 Jan 1999 - Decided99/0025/PP
Installion of new shop front including new automatic teller cash machine. (24hrs).
196-198 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 14 Jan 1999 - Decided98/1163/TC
Felling of one fraxinus excelsior and pruning of one prunus species.
30 High Street Lochwinnoch
Received 24 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1162/TP
Crown lifting of one lime tree, two beech trees, one ash tree and crown thining of one lime tree.
Glenorchy Glebe Gardens Houston
Received 24 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1161/AD
Erection of internally illuminated box sign on rear of entrance tower.
Unit 3 Abbotsinch Retail Park Paisley
Received 24 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1160/PP
Erection of a dwelling house (plot 82) (part ammendment to planning consent 97/596/PP).
Plot 82 Stanely Green Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 24 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1159/PP
Erection of a dwelling house (plot 7) (part ammendment to planning consent 98/190/PP.
Plot 7 Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 24 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1158/PP
Erection of extension to, and change of use of store to form restaurant area for public house.
The Brown Bull 33 Main Street Lochwinnoch
Received 23 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1157/PP
Erection of a first floor side extention.
20 Millfield Drive Erskine
Received 23 Nov 1998 - Unknown98/1156/PP
Conversion of garage to form living area.
8 Blackwood Terrace Johnstone
Received 23 Nov 1998 - Decided98/1155/PP
Erection of a rear extension.
Boghead Cottage Stippends Road Lochwinnoch
Received 23 Nov 1998 - Decided99/0285/PP
Erection of a front porch and side garage.
10 Dee Avenue Renfrew
Received 26 Mar 1999 - Decided99/0284/PP
Erection of rear conservatory.
2 Shilton Lane Bishopton
Received 26 Mar 1999 - Decided99/0283/PP
Erection of a rear extension.
18 Meikle Avenue Renfrew
Received 25 Mar 1999 - Decided04/1154/PP
Conversion of existing integral garage to bedroom and construction of new integral garage.
2 Braeview Road Paisley
Received 7 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1473/PP
Conversion of farm building to residential use.
Lochside House Lochwinnoch
Received 30 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1393/PP
Change of use of shop to a hot food take away. The installation of a new shopfront and the erection of a flue duct to rear elevation.
1 Greenock Road Paisley
Received 8 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1009/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 10 No. two storey houses.
Collier Street/Clark Street Johnstone
Received 6 Aug 2004 - Decided04/1462/PP
Erection of brick storage unit for storage of garden equipment at community centre.
Well Street Community Centre Underwood Lane Paisley
Received 26 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1523/PP
Erection of extension to side of health centre.
Charleston Surgery 5 South Campbell Street Paisley
Received 15 Dec 2004 - Decided04/1522/PP
Re-roofing of existing slate roof in Spanish natural slate.
Lismore 2 Watt Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 15 Dec 2004 - Decided14/0234/PP
External alterations to outbuilding.
High Hatton Farm House Old Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5PB
Received 31 Mar 2014
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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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