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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided98/0608/PP
Erection of 3 dwelling houses (renewal of planning consent 92/720/PP).
Amochrie Road Paisley
Received 22 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0607/PP
Erection of a single garage to side of dwellinghouse.
2 Lorne Drive Linwood
Received 22 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0606/PP
Erection of garage extension(and conversion of existing integral garage to form habitable room).
36 Peacock Drive Paisley
Received 19 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0605/PP
Erection of an extension at first floor level to a detached dwelling house.
88 Flures Drive Erskine
Received 19 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0604/PP
Erection of 5 detached dwellings and formation of access road and parking area.
Stonefield Gardens Paisley
Received 19 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0603/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
17 Station Road Kilbarchan
Received 19 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0992/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
9 Rashiehill Erskine
Received 6 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0991/PP
Erection of a front porch.
Craigmuir Johnshill Lochwinnoch
Received 5 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0990/PP
Residential Development.
74-80 New Sneddon Street Paisley
Received 5 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0989/PP
Rear extension to dwelling house.
6 Polsons Crescent Paisley
Received 5 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0988/LB
Demolition of outbuildings, erection of replacement extension elevational changes, internal alterations at ground and first floor levels, carparking upgrading and replacement of external flue duct.
The Thorn Inn Thornhill Johnstone
Received 5 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0987/PP
Demolition of outbuildings, erection of replacement extension, elevational changes, internal alterations at ground and first floor levels, carpark upgrading and replacement of external flue duct.
The Thorn Inn Thornhill Johnstone
Received 5 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0986/PP
Change of use from shop to hot food takeaway and erection of rear ventilation duct.
74 Netherhill Road Paisley
Received 2 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0985/NA
Erection of a dwelling house (In outline).
East Caplaw Farm Caplaw Road Neilston
Received 2 Oct 1998 - Decided98/0863/PP
Erection of a dwelling house (part ammendment to planning approval 92/839/PP).
Plot 5 Stanely Green Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 2 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0862/PP
Proposed conservatory to rear.
18 Quarrelton Grove Johnstone
Received 2 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0861/PP
Office development(3100 sq.m.) with associated parking.
Inchinnan Road Paisley
Received 1 Sept 1998 - Decided04/0996/PP
Erection of detached two-storey dwelling house, garage and driveway.
30 New Street Kilbarchan
Received 4 Aug 2004 - Decided04/0728/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
40 Duchray Drive Paisley
Received 11 Jun 2004 - Decided04/0679/PP
Erection of part two storey/part single storey side and rear extension.
37 Burnside Gardens Kilbarchan
Received 1 Jun 2004 - Decided03/1489/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Treeshill Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 22 Dec 2003 - Decided04/0791/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and alterations to semi-detached dwelling house.
2 Meadows Avenue Erskine
Received 24 Jun 2004 - Decided04/0879/LB
Change of colour of seven external doors of church.
23 Oakshaw Street East Paisley.
Received 9 Jul 2004 - Decided04/0817/PP
Erection of detached garage to the rear of dwelling house.
7 Beechwood Avenue Langbank
Received 30 Jun 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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