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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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
- Decided99/0410/VR
Vary terms of condition no. 1 to extend period of consent and condition no. 5 of (97/583/PP) to permit shooting from 1st April to 31st January.
Fulwood Wood Loanhead Farm Houston
Received 29 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0409/PP
Alteration to metal fence panels.
11-17 Manor Road/45 Dee Drive Paisley
Received 29 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0408/PP
Change of use and conversion of church building to form 16 residential units, partial demolition of single storey extension.
Greenlaw Church Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 29 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0407/LB
Change of use and conversion of church to 16 residential units, partial demolition of single storey extension.
Greenlaw Church Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 29 Apr 1999 - Decided99/0811/PP
Installation of replacement windows (brown upvc) to side and rear of lower flat (retrospective).
35 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 23 Aug 1999 - Decided99/0810/PP
Erection of extension to dwelling house to form conservatory.
7 Cyprus Avenue Elderslie
Received 23 Aug 1999 - Decided04/0854/PP
Erection of two storey extension to part rear of dwelling house.
117 Sandy Road Renfrew
Received 7 Jul 2004 - Decided04/1059/PP
Erection of 2 detached dwelling houses and formation of access (in outline).
Foremount House Easwald Bank Kilbarchan
Received 19 Aug 2004 - Decided04/1202/PP
Installation of an ATM cash machine to be accommodated externally.
Shell Arkleston Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 17 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1326/PP
Erection of 4 detached dwelling houses with integrated garages.
Leabank/Potterhill Avenue Paisley.
Received 20 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1328/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwellinghouse.
26 Windsor Crescent Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9QU
Received 20 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1309/PP
Reinstatement, conversion and extension of fire damaged building to form 11 flats.
Mrs. Archibald Coats Memorial Home Weighhouse Close Paisley.
Received 15 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1304/VR
Amend condition 11 of planning permission ref: 04/0153/PP (covering the effect of external noise sources on internal accommodation).
Linwood High School Linwood
Received 15 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1233/PP
Alterations to railings on ramped access and the placing of tactile paving to entrance/exit doorways.
The Cross Paisley
Received 29 Sept 2004 - Decided04/1316/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
28 Millfield Wynd Erskine.
Received 18 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1253/VR
Amendment to condition 11 of the outline approval (04/0201/PP) for mixed use development to permit the increases in the maximum height of building to 20m within Development area 4.
North Renfrew (East) Development Area 4
Received 5 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1101/PP
Erection of a rear single storey extension.
11 Duchray Drive Paisley
Received 30 Aug 2004 - Decided04/1308/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwelling house.
11 Holmpark Bishopton
Received 15 Oct 2004 - Decided04/1149/AD
Erection of a non-illuminated fascia sign and the erection of a non-illuminated hanging sign.
8 Moss Street Paisley
Received 7 Sept 2004 - Decided04/0974/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
1 Weavers Court Kilbarchan
Received 30 Jul 2004 - Decided04/0824/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling house (for a person with disabilities).
17 Morriston Crescent Renfrew
Received 30 Jun 2004 - Decided04/0812/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension to dwelling house.
19 Strathcarron Drive Paisley
Received 29 Jun 2004 - Decided04/0804/PP
Erection of a two storey side extension, single storey rear extension and front porch to dwelling house.
8 Drygate Howwood
Received 28 Jun 2004 - Decided04/1140/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
20 Gordon Avenue Bishopton
Received 6 Sept 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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