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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided99/0389/TP
Felling of one pine tree and pruning of two lime trees.
Opposite 56 Lounsdale Avenue Paisley
Received 26 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0388/PP
Alteration to front of and erection of single storey extension to side of dwelling house, change of use and alteration to shop to form garage and garden room.
2A Braehead Lochwinnoch
Received 26 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0386/LB
Erection of a garden shed.
1 Longbarn Shields Holdings Lochwinnoch
Received 22 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0385/PP
A)Erection of food store and non food unit, formation of access car parking and associated landscaping (In Detail). B)Erection of car wash and associated car parking (In Outline).
Renfrew Juniors Football Club Inchinnan Road Renfrew
Received 22 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0384/PP
Erection of rear conservatory and formation of pitched roof to existing flat roofed rear extension.
49 Dunsmore Road Bishopton
Received 22 Apr 1999 - Decided05/0217/PP
Realignment of 45 metre section of existing cycle path.
Land At Junction With NCN Route 7 75 Camphill Paisley
Received 3 Mar 2005 - Decided04/1177/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwelling house.
3 Hagg Road Johnstone
Received 13 Sept 2004 - Unknown04/1569/PP
Garage conversion and extension.
125 Flures Drive Erskine PA8 7DG
Received 30 Dec 2004 - Decided04/1458/PP
Alteration of window to form french doors.
1 Greenlaw Crescent Paisley
Received 25 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1457/PP
Erection of rear conservatory.
30 Thornwood Drive Paisley
Received 25 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1228/PP
Erection of a 1 and 1/2 storey rear extension to dwelling house.
38 Lobnitz Avenue Renfrew
Received 29 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1247/PP
Installation of replacement windows to flatted property.
7 McFarlane Street Paisley
Received 4 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1281/PP
Formation of bay windows and entrance steps to dwelling house.
115 Meikleriggs Drive Paisley
Received 11 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1122/PP
Residential development for social housing incorporating supported accommodation (8 No.) and disabled units (2 No.) (outline).
Brewery Street/Rankine Street Johnstone
Received 1 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1544/PP
Erection of an extension to the side of the dwelling house and the erection of a dormer to the rear roofscape.
11 Stanely Drive Paisley PA2 6HE
Received 21 Dec 2004 - Decided04/1503/PP
Erection of 2 storey side extension to dwelling house.
103 Nethergreen Crescent Renfrew
Received 9 Dec 2004 - Decided04/1496/PP
Change of use from taxi office to dog grooming parlour.
4A Glebe Street Renfrew
Received 7 Dec 2004 - Decided04/1495/PP
Formation of walkway and safety barriers around communications mast.
Thornhill Johnstone.
Received 7 Dec 2004 - Decided04/1286/PP
Erection of 45 flatted dwellings in single block ranging in height from four to two storeys.
Ferguson Of Renfrew Longcroft Garage Porterfield Road Renfrew
Received 12 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1294/PP
Erection of nursing home (outline).
Fordbank House Beith Road Johnstone
Received 14 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1377/LB
Internal alterations to convert loft and installation of 3 conservation style rooflights.
19 Gateside Place Kilbarchan
Received 3 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1174/PP
Erection of new primary school and nursery with associated play areas, sports pitch, parking and access roads.
Abernethy Drive Linwood
Received 10 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1423/PP
Restoration and reinstatement of historic building in walled garden to form dwelling house.
Castle Semple By Lochwinnoch
Received 16 Nov 2004 - Decided04/1422/PP
Erection of loading shelters on rear and replacement of wall with 2.4m high palisade fencing and increase in width of existing access.
467 - 471 Hillington Road Hillington
Received 16 Nov 2004
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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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