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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided99/0829/PP
Erection of two storey, 6 apartment house with detached garage.
Adj Greenhead Nursery Old Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 27 Aug 1999 - Decided99/0697/PP
Erection of a dwelling house with integral self catering or bed and breakfast units, and erection of an outbuilding.
Near Barnbrock Farm Kilbarchan
Received 16 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0696/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
34 Houston Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 16 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0695/PP
Erection of timber patio deck (in retrospect) and erection of timber boundary fence.
3 Lounsdale Avenue Paisley
Received 16 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0694/PP
Erection of a dwelling house and lock up garage.
6 Lums Castle Semple Lochwinnoch
Received 16 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0693/PP
Erection of food retail superstore (3717 sq.m. gross) with associated servicing area and customer car parking provision.
Stevenson Street Paisley
Received 16 Jul 1999 - Decided04/0870/PP
Restoration of dam, construction of fish pass and resting pools (partly using existing lade) and construction of viewing platform with disabled access.
Bridgend Falls Old Kilmacolm Road. Lochwinnoch.
Received 9 Jul 2004 - Decided04/1254/PP
Removal of existing garage and erection of single storey rear/side extension to include front elevational changes to dwelling house.
20 Ranfurly Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 5 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1256/PP
Internal alterations to dwellinghouse.
26 Macduff Erskine
Received 5 Oct 2004 - Unknown04/1257/PP
Conversion of a garage to a room and the formation of a driveway.
16 Glenfield Grange Paisley
Received 5 Oct 2004 - Decided04/0564/PP
Two storey extension to side of semi-detached dwellinghouse.
38 Morriston Crescent Renfrew
Received 5 May 2004 - Decided04/1124/PP
Change of use from retail shop (Class 1) to hot food take-away, with installation of aluminium shop front and roller shutters recessed behind frontage.
8 Moss Street Paisley
Received 2 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1157/PP
Erection of sludge thickening building and thickened sludge tank.
Erskine WWTW Old Mains Farm Road Erskine
Received 7 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1312/PP
Erection of a 2 storey rear and side extension to dwelling house.
5 King George Place Renfrew
Received 15 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1314/AD
Erection of externally illuminated 48 sheet advertisement hoarding.
125/129 Renfrew Road Paisley.
Received 18 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1060/PP
Installation of an 11.35m high monopole with 3 No. antennas and 2 No. ground based equipment cabinets.
Land Outside Shell Garage Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 19 Aug 2004 - Decided04/1305/VR
Amend condition 8 of planning permission ref: 04/069/PP (covering the effect of external noise sources on internal accommodation) and deletion of condition 9.
Todholm Primary School Paisley
Received 15 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1023/PP
Erection of a rear extension with decking to dwellinghouse and reposition garage.
44 Moorhouse Avenue Paisley.
Received 9 Aug 2004 - Decided04/0871/LB
Restoration and replacement of coping stones, construction of viewing platform and construction of fish pass.
Bridgend Falls Old Kilmacolm Road Lochwinnoch.
Received 9 Jul 2004 - Decided04/1245/PP
Erection of extension to side of dwelling house.
47 Anderson Road Bishopton
Received 4 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1025/PP
Erection of first storey extension to side of dwelling house and erection of porch to the front.
9 Station Rise Lochwinnoch.
Received 10 Aug 2004 - Decided04/0940/PP
Erection of a two storey extension to side and front porch to terrace dwelling house.
2 Gilfillan Way Foxbar Paisley
Received 21 Jul 2004 - Decided99/0692/PP
Erection of a dwelling house(amendment to Planning Application 99/293/PP).
Plot 6 Spencer Drive Paisley
Received 16 Jul 1999 - Decided99/0691/PP
Change of use of house to form office with ancillary car parking and erection of two storey side extension to dwelling house comprising morning room, drawing room/gallery, pantry and 2 bedrooms and formation of replacement roof on existing rear extension.
Lands Of Bowfield Howwood
Received 15 Jul 1999
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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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