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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided98/0699/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
3 Shuttle Street Kilbarchan
Received 16 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0698/TP
Uprooting of 1 sycamore tree and 1 birch tree.
Phase 15 Crawford Road Houston
Received 16 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0697/PP
Renewal of temporary consent 95/460/PP to continue use of land/buildings for long stay airport related car parking.
Kings Inch Road Renfrew
Received 16 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0696/PP
Erection of one two storey detached dwelling house.
Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 15 Jul 1998 - Decided98/0577/NA
Formation of traffic signal controlled junction, formation of roads. roundabouts and alteration to road and erection of retaining walls.
Old Renfrew Road/ Merlinford Road/ River Clyde Glasgow
Received 11 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0576/PP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwelling house.
2 Morar Crescent Bishopton
Received 11 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0575/PP
Erection of 4 No. detached dwellings and 10 No. flatted dwellings and formation of ancillary road, footways, garages and parking areas.
Lawmarnock Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 11 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0574/PP
Proposed change of use of former industrial building to a licensed restaurant with associated landscaped gardens and childrens play area and the formation of access road and associated car park.
Former Industrial Premises Crosslee Bridge Houston
Received 11 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0573/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
1 Netherburn Avenue Houston
Received 11 Jun 1998 - Decided98/0572/PP
Erection of a one and a half storey dwelling house.
Holding 22 Park Mains Park Road Inchinnan
Received 11 Jun 1998 - Appeal decided98/0962/AD
Erection of (A) 1 no upper front elevational sign (internally illuminated), (B) 1 no secondary enterance sign (internally illuminated) and (C) 8 no poster panels. (retrospective)
Unit 15 Blythswood Retail Park Renfrew
Received 29 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0961/PP
Erection of a front canopy.
15 Dalmahoy Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 29 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0960/PP
Erection of a 34 bedroom nursing facility for retired/disabled ex servicemen.
Mains Drive Erskine
Received 24 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0959/PP
Erection of 12 dwelling houses and associated garages and formation of associated road and footpath.
Glenfield Road Paisley
Received 24 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0958/LB
Change of use and conversion of workshop/office to form a dwellinghouse.
7 Gateside Place Kilbarchan
Received 24 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0957/PP
Change of use and conversion of workshop/offices to form a dwellinghouse.
7 Gateside Place Kilbarchan
Received 24 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0956/PP
Formation of an all weather play surface.
Kirklandneuk Park Renfrew
Received 24 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0955/PP
Change of use from residential flat to office.
51 High Street Paisley
Received 23 Sept 1998 - Decided98/0830/PP
Erection of a dwelling house (change of house type for plot 9 with planning approval 92/839/PP) and boundary fence.
Plot 9 19 Castleview Drive Paisley
Received 25 Aug 1998 - Decided98/0829/PP
Erection of a side extension.
6 Burnlea Crescent Houston
Received 25 Aug 1998 - Decided98/0828/RD
Erection of Pre 5's nursery school and associated parking modifications.
Kilbarchan Primary School Meadside Avenue Kilbarchan
Received 24 Aug 1998 - Decided98/0827/AD
Erection of a non-illuminated sign.
182 Main Road Elderslie
Received 24 Aug 1998 - Decided98/0826/PP
Erection of a double garage and fencing.
110 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 24 Aug 1998 - Decided98/0995/PP
Erction of a front porch.
38 Cameron Avenue Bishopton
Received 6 Oct 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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