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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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
- Decided04/1424/PP
Alterations and erection of a single storey side extension to dwelling house.
14 Clydesdale Avenue Renfrew
Received 16 Nov 2004 - Decided04/0717/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to semi-detached dwelling house.
7 Holmpark Bishopton
Received 8 Jun 2004 - Decided04/0676/RD
Erection of a single storey 8 bedroom residential unit for adults with learning difficulties, communal facilities and staff accommodation together with new access, off street parking and landscaping.
Glenburn Road Paisley
Received 28 May 2004 - Decided04/0637/LB
Removal of existing door and insertion of a window and stone infill.
Ralston Golf Club Strathmore Avenue Paisley
Received 20 May 2004 - Decided04/0397/TP
Felling of 2 sycamore and pruning of 2 sycamore.
Adjacent To 133 Glencoats Drive Paisley
Received 30 Mar 2004 - Decided04/0484/PP
Installation of air conditioning units to rear of unit.
10-12 Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 19 Apr 2004 - Decided04/0634/PP
Rear extension to dwelling house.
43 Atholl Crescent Paisley
Received 19 May 2004 - Decided04/0465/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension.
10 Neuk Avenue Houston
Received 14 Apr 2004 - Decided97/0448/PP
Formation of additional office floorspace at mezzanine level and elevational alterations.
385 Hillington Road Hillington
Received 21 May 1997 - Decided97/0447/PP
Proposed rear extension to form kitchen.
8 Craigholme Houston
Received 21 May 1997 - Decided97/0446/PP
Alterations to roof space; hip end of roof replaced by gable; bathroom formed and installation of two dormers.
1 Meikle Burntshields Cottages Kilbarchan
Received 21 May 1997 - Decided97/0445/PP
Erection of a fence around existing tennis court.
The Bower Burntshields Road Kilbarchan
Received 21 May 1997 - Appeal decided97/0444/PP
(A) Erection of replacement garage and (B) Cleaning of stonework to front elevation of house.
5 Main Road Paisley
Received 24 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0443/PP
Formation of rear dormer window.
2 Byres Road Elderslie
Received 20 May 1997 - Decided97/0442/LB
Removal of marble war memorial from vestibule wall, repair and plaster wall on removal and paint wall to match existing and to take war memorial to Sherwood Greenlaw Parish Church and position accordingly.
Former Greenlaw Church Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 20 May 1997 - Decided97/0441/PP
Proposed rear conservatory.
2 Old School House Lane Houston
Received 20 May 1997 - Decided97/0298/PP
Erection of a one and a half storey house with detached garage, involving demolition of existing double garage and alteration to existing hammerhead.
17 Corsebar Avenue Paisley
Received 14 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0297/LB
Conversion of outbuildings to form rear extension to a first floor flat.
8 Steeple Street Kilbarchan
Received 14 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0296/TC
Felling of 2 ash trees.
5 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley
Received 14 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0295/PP
Installation of UPVC double glazed windows (in retrospect).
2E Millburn Avenue Renfrew
Received 14 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0294/PP
Environmental improvements to derelict land, introduction of bench seating and wall mural.
Adjacent To 83 & 84 Stock Street Paisley
Received 14 Apr 1997 - Unknown97/0285/PP
Alterations to existing garage space to form additional room.
16 Brierie Hill Grove Houston
Received 11 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0293/PP
Formation of public park and ancillary play area, footpaths and enclosures.
Candren Road Paisley
Received 14 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0292/PP
Erection of a garage and garden wall.
19 Earlshill Drive Howwood
Received 14 Apr 1997
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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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