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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided98/0196/PP
Proposed alterations and change of use of existing offices to form 2 no. flats.
18 Moss Street Paisley
Received 4 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0195/PP
Proposed conversion of a derelict farm steading to form 8 dwellings.
West Fulton Farm Craigends Road Houston
Received 4 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0194/PP
Erection of a wooden garden fence.
2 Breck Avenue Paisley
Received 4 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0193/AD
Erection of various replacement illuminated signs.
Elderslie Service Station Main Road Elderslie
Received 4 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0192/PP
Proposed replacement of front porch.
20 Park Gardens Kilbarchan
Received 4 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0191/LB
Internal/external alterations in association with conversion of church hall to form 6 flats, along with the provision of a parking courtyard (amendment to Listed Building Consent 96/1172.LB).
The Arthur Allison Memorial Hall 83 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 3 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0056/PP
Erection of rear extension.
90 Gartmore Road Paisley
Received 23 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0055/PP
Erection of business park (Amendment to 96/581/PP), formation of roads, parking etc and erection of substation.
Braehead Business Park Hillington Road Hillington
Received 22 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0054/TC
Proposed pruning of a sycamore tree.
Dunavon Collace Avenue Bridge Of Weir
Received 22 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0052/PP
Proposed two storey side extension and porch.
17 Fleming Road Bishopton
Received 22 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0051/PP
Erection of rear extension.
60 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley
Received 21 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0050/PP
Change of use from restaurant to hot food takeaway, elevational alterations to unit frontage and installation of 3 extractor ducts to rear elevation.
9 High Street Renfrew
Received 21 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0049/PP
Formation of an extract flue and new doorway both to the rear of the property.
The Cross Keys 101 Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 21 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0048/PP
Erection of rear extension, porch and conservatory.
22 Locherburn Avenue Houston
Received 21 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0469/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
14 Albert Road Brookfield
Received 13 May 1998 - Decided98/0467/AD
Erection of two internally illuminated display panels (retrospective)
23 Broomlands Street Paisley
Received 13 May 1998 - Decided98/0466/PP
Re-roofing of and elevational alterations to warehouse.
Block 50 24 Queen Elizabeth Avenue Hillington
Received 13 May 1998 - Decided98/0465/PP
Installation of replacement timber windows.
Rosemount Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 13 May 1998 - Decided98/0464/PP
Erection of business, industrial and storage/distribution units (classes 4,5 & 6).
Greenhill Road Paisley
Received 13 May 1998 - Decided98/0463/PP
Change of use of part of an area of amenity open space and erection of boundary fence (In Retrospect).
5 Wrightlands Crescent Erskine
Received 12 May 1998 - Decided98/0462/PP
Change of use of part of an area of amenity open space and erection of a boundary fence (In Retropsect).
3 Wrightlands Crescent Erskine
Received 12 May 1998 - Decided98/0461/PP
Change of use of part of an area of amenity open space and erection of boundary fence (In Retrospect).
9 Wrightlands Crescent Erskine
Received 12 May 1998 - Appeal decided98/0331/AD
A. Erection of two internally illuminated individual letter fascia signs B. Erection of illuminated gantry sign.
Newmains Road Renfrew
Received 9 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0330/PP
Proposed side and rear extension.
26 Quarrelton Grove Johnstone
Received 8 Apr 1998
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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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