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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided98/0883/PP
Change of use from retail to class 2.
39 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 8 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0882/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
Elkstones Linwood Road Paisley
Received 8 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0881/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
16 Meikle Avenue Renfrew
Received 8 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0880/PP
Erection of a single storey side extension.
128 Whitesbridge Avenue Paisley
Received 7 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0879/PP
Erection of a rear extension.
7 Brierie Avenue Houston
Received 7 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0878/PP
Erection of a dwelling house (part amendment to planning consent 97/596/PP).
Plot 93 Stanely Green Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 7 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0754/TP
Uprooting of 1 no. semi-mature tree.
7 Greenways Court Paisley
Received 31 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0753/PP
Extension to existing office/printworks to form additional office space and alterations to existing car park.
Unit 1 5 Neil Street Renfrew
Received 31 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0752/PP
Erection of a front dormer extension.
62 Endrick Drive Paisley
Received 31 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0751/AD
Erection of an externally illuminated fascia sign and internally illuminated sign to gable.
24 Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 30 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0750/PP
Alterations to shop frontage.
24 Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 30 Jul 1998 - Decided04/1283/LB
Erection of air conditioning units on roof of building.
Mile End Mill 12 Seedhill Road Paisley
Received 11 Oct 2004 - Decided04/0635/PP
Single storey rear and side extension to dwellinghouse.
29 Lounsdale Avenue Paisley
Received 19 May 2004 - Decided04/1049/PP
Erection of a 15 metre high slimline monopole containing 3 No. internal antennas, and one external antenna, and associated ground based equipment cabins.
Paisley Road Renfrew.
Received 17 Aug 2004 - Decided04/0829/PP
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension to dwelling house.
23 Glenarklet Cescent Paisley.
Received 1 Jul 2004 - Decided04/0677/PP
installation of 2 no. dormers on rear roof slope and 2 no skylights to front.
75 Wheatlands Drive Kilbarchan
Received 1 Jun 2004 - Decided04/0831/LB
Replace existing window panels to front elevation of building (porch area) and installation of external access ramp
Bird In Hand Hotel Beith Road Johnstone
Received 2 Jul 2004 - Decided04/0954/PP
Formation of a hardstanding to front/side of flatted property.
6/8 East Avenue Renfrew
Received 26 Jul 2004 - Decided04/1000/PP
Change of use of office accommodation at first floor level to a residential flat.
26 Lady Lane Paisley
Received 5 Aug 2004 - Decided04/1102/CL
Ancillary use of premises for the sale of alcohol.
520 Hillington Road Hillington
Received 30 Aug 2004 - Decided04/0937/PP
Various external alterations to supermarket, including (a) erection of replacement fence,(b) re-surfacing of car park, (c) various external alterations and(c) installation of refrigeration plant within yard, to include palisade fence enclosure.
Kwik Save Store Bridge Street Linwood
Received 21 Jul 2004 - Decided09/0634/PP
Resiting of diesel tank and siting of storage container (retrospective)
Ralston Golf Club Strathmore Avenue Paisley PA1 3DT
Received 7 Sept 2009 - Decided98/0749/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
10 Fisher Way Paisley
Received 30 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0748/PP
Alterations and change of use from Class 1 to Class 9.
1-3 West Brae Paisley
Received 29 Jul 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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