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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided97/0045/PP
Proposed extension of boiler room at rear of factory.
Watt Road Hillington
Received 28 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0044/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 17 no detatched houses with access roads and alteration and conversion of existing clubhouse into 7 no flats.
68 Falside Road/Braids Road Paisley
Received 27 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0043/PP
Additional 2 no microwave dishes (0.3m diam) on existing stub mast.
Maxwellton Court Paisley
Received 27 Jan 1997 - Decided96/0219/PP
Erection of 4 dwelling houses substitution of house types at plots 58 - 61 inclusive.
Plots 58 59 60 & 61 Stanely Green Foxbar Road Paisley
Received 8 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0218/PP
Change of house types at plots 22 - 27 inclusive.
Adj. To Green Road Paisley
Received 8 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0216/PP
Alterations to shopfront.
The Raja Restaurant 57 Old Sneddon Street Paisley
Received 7 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0217/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
41 Churchill Avenue Johnstone
Received 8 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0215/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
5 Wrightlands Crescent Erskine
Received 7 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0214/LB
Installation of replacement windows.
69 Maxwellton Road Paisley
Received 7 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0213/LB
Formation of new shopfront and erection of signage comprising an internally illuminated projecting sign and internally illuminated box sign within the shop windows.
12 High Street Paisley
Received 6 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0212/RD
Alterations and extension to 2 no. dwelling houses and formation of car park to create childrens' respite care facility.
1 & 2 Longcroft Drive Renfrew
Received 6 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0078/LB
Bedroom extension with disabled facilities, walls to be roughcasted white and roof to have concrete slates.
Coach House Castle Semple Lochwinnoch
Received 30 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0077/LB
Erection of exterior sign.
5 New Street Paisley
Received 30 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0314/PP
Erection of a single storey house with integral garage.
Plot 1 Spencer Drive Paisley
Received 1 Apr 1996 - Decided96/0075/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
202 Millfield Hill Erskine
Received 29 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0074/PP
1. Erection of nursing home (approx. 150 places) and care home (approx. 30 places) and health care facilities. 2. Up to 24 no. amenity or sheltered houses; residential care home (30 places) and health care facilites. 3. Sheltered workshops. 4.
Erskine Hospital Bishopton
Received 29 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0073/PP
Proposed rear extension.
268 Main Road Elderslie
Received 29 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0072/PP
Erection of new MOT & tachometer centre with vehicle workshop.
Burnbrae Road Linwood
Received 26 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0315/PP
Erection of dwelling (change of house type plot 22).
Area 6-7 Brierie Hills Houston
Received 1 Apr 1996 - Decided95/1220/PP
Erection of a Petrol Service Station and the formation of a new vehicular access.
Hillington Road/Kelvin Avenue Hillington
Received 14 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1219/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
0/2 4 Thornhill Johnstone
Received 14 Dec 1995 - Decided96/0331/PP
Proposed golf driving range.
Rannoch Road/Craigbog Road Johnstone
Received 9 Apr 1996 - Decided95/1217/PP
Erection of fencing and refurbishment of building.
Park Road Johnstone
Received 14 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1216/PP
Erection of 8 detached dwelling houses.
Beatrice Gardens Houston
Received 13 Dec 1995
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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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