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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided97/0261/PP
House type substitition involving deletion of 5 detatched houses and replacing them with 2 semi-detatched, a terrace of 3, and a terrace of 4 houses.
Phase 2 Cockels Loan Renfrew
Received 7 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0260/PP
Installation of a two-bay jet-wash.
Food Giant East Lane Paisley
Received 7 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0259/NA
Landfill of redundant quarry, culvert burn and erection of ancillary buildings.
Loanhead Quarry/Loanhead Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 4 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0258/PP
Erection of a conservatory to rear of terraced dwellinghouse.
75 Kintyre Avenue Linwood
Received 4 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0257/AD
Erection of fascia signs illuminated by trough lighting.
44 Caledonia Street Paisley
Received 4 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0256/PP
Alterations to shopfront.
44 Caledonia Street Paisley
Received 4 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0255/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling.
27 Gibson Road Renfrew
Received 4 Apr 1997 - Decided97/0125/PP
Alterations to front entrance.
Abercorn House 21/23 Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 20 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0124/PP
Change of use of retail shop and alterations to form dwelling flat.
14 Wellmeadow Street Paisley
Received 20 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0123/PP
Construction of split level extension to dwelling.
31 Millfield View Erskine
Received 20 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0122/PP
Erection of a detached bungalow and double garage.
Aviemore Stanely Drive Brookfield
Received 19 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0121/PP
Erection of new flue to rear of property.
71 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 19 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0120/PP
Provision of new access/service roads and associated roadworks to existing industrial estate.
Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 19 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0119/PP
Provision of new access/service roads and associated roadworks to existing industrial estate.
Barnsford Road Inchinnan
Received 19 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0118/TP
Felling of two sycamores, one lime and one beech tree.
The Ridge Horsewood Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 21 Feb 1997 - Decided97/0543/PP
Erection of five detached dwellings. (Part amendment to planning approval 96/292/PP).
Plots 301-305 Watermill Grove Paisley
Received 13 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0542/PP
Erection of attached garage and extension to roof to form additional accommodation.
2 Dargavel Avenue Bishopton
Received 13 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0541/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
21 Windsor Crescent Elderslie
Received 13 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0540/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
59A Tantallon Drive Paisley
Received 13 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0539/PP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwelling house.
16 Forties Road Houston
Received 13 Jun 1997 - Appeal decided97/0538/PP
(a) Repositioning of dwelling house within plot in retrospect, proposed erection of boundary wall,and (b) proposed erection of timber boundary fence.
33 Gates Road Lochwinnoch
Received 13 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0537/LB
Installation of new fascia sign to shopfront.
Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 12 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0536/PP
Erection of two dwelling houses.
Makerston House Park Road Paisley
Received 12 Jun 1997 - Decided97/0535/PP
Installation of new shop frontage including installation of new roller shutters.
The Cosmo 63 Love Street Paisley
Received 12 Jun 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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