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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided98/0012/PP
Proposed substitution of two detached houses with two detached houses of a different style at existing plots 21 and 25 (Part Amendment to previous consent 95/650/PP).
Phase 2 Cockels Loan Renfrew
Received 8 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0011/PP
Erection of 3 no private dwelling houses (including demolition of existing premises.)
Johnshill Lochwinnoch
Received 8 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0010/PP
Erection of front porch.
55 Beechwood Drive Renfrew
Received 8 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0009/PP
Proposed installation of telecommunications apparatus associated with fixed radio access base station on tower at rear of fire station.
Renfrew Fire Station Paisley Road Renfrew
Received 8 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0008/PP
Erection of funeral parlour with associated parking spaces.
12 Church Street Johnstone
Received 7 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0007/PP
Installation of two rooflights to first floor flatted dwelling.
2 St Winnoc Road Lochwinnoch
Received 7 Jan 1998 - Decided98/0424/NA
Erection of class 1 retail warehousing (10,500 sq metres) and restaurants (650 sq metres), formation of light controlled junctions, service roads, off street parking, servicing and landscaping.
Edminston Drive Glasgow
Received 30 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0423/PP
Amendment to house positions within plot boundaries 49 & 50.
Phase 15 Craigends Estate Houston
Received 20 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0422/PP
Erection of single storey side extension.
28 Priory Avenue Paisley
Received 30 Apr 1998 - Appeal decided98/0421/PP
(a) Proposed erection of conservatory to the rear of dwelling house; (b) Re-location of side garden fence (in retrospect).
4 Broomlands Avenue Erskine
Received 30 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0420/AD
Erection of illuminated (neon) fascia sign.
22 High Street Paisley
Received 30 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0419/PP
Proposed series of 12 low croys in the river.
River Gryffe Bridge Of Weir/Crosslee
Received 30 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0418/PP
Proposed rear conservatory.
6 Hagart Road Houston
Received 30 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0417/PP
Deposition of excavated subsoil from adjacent development within the curtilage of Erskine Estate.
Erskine Hospital Bishopton
Received 29 Apr 1998 - Decided98/0283/TC
Proposed felling of 6 trees and crown lifting of 10 trees.
Cricketfield Estate Houston
Received 25 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0282/TP
Proposed felling of one conifer tree.
113 Elm Drive Johnstone
Received 25 Mar 1998 - Decided98/0147/PP
Proposed rear conservatory.
40 Crosslee Park Houston
Received 20 Feb 1998 - Decided98/0146/CL
Certificate of lawfulness for the sale of hot food and and restricted to the equipment specified in Appendix 2 and the range of foods listed in Appendix 3 of your application.
80 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 20 Feb 1998 - Decided98/0145/PP
Erection of a side conservatory.
31 Hillfoot Houston
Received 20 Feb 1998 - Decided98/0144/PP
Renewal of planning permission for extension to dwelling (93/147/PP).
3 Acacia Drive Paisley
Received 19 Feb 1998 - Decided04/1034/PP
Erection of side extension to dwelling house.
45 Fairfield Drive Renfrew
Received 13 Aug 2004 - Decided04/1098/AD
Erection of 2 externally illuminated and 1 non-illuminated signs on front elevation and 2 externally illuminated signs on side and rear elevations.
21-23 Earl Haig Road Hillington Industrial Estate Glasgow
Received 27 Aug 2004 - Decided04/0726/PP
Erection of conservatory at rear of dwelling house.
25 Helmsdale Drive Paisley
Received 10 Jun 2004 - Decided04/1032/TP
Various treeworks.
Teucheen Woods Inchinnan
Received 12 Aug 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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