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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided95/1215/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
7 Churchill Avenue Johnstone
Received 13 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1214/PP
Proposed electricity substation.
Off Barrhill Crescent Kilbarchan
Received 13 Dec 1995 - Decided97/0042/PP
Installation of three heating units (including one on the roof)
Campsie Drive Paisley
Received 27 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0041/AD
Proposed banner signage on 2 no timber fences.
Hillington Road Hillington
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0040/PP
Change of use from back shop store to hot food take away.
73 Clippens Road Linwood
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0039/PP
Proposed double garage (in retrospect).
91 Crookston Drive Paisley
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0038/PP
Elevational alterations comprising one vechicular and one pedestrian entrance doors.
Unit 4 Napier Street Linwood
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0037/PP
Erection of 2 no. timber fences.
Hillington Road Hillington
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0036/PP
Installation of replacement windows.
Flat 1/1 10 Easwald Bank Kilbarchan
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0035/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory.
Arthurlie Gryffe Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 24 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0034/PP
Change of use from retail to electrical store/workshop with ancillary office space.
Braehead Dairy 4A Braehead Lochwinnoch
Received 23 Jan 1997 - Decided96/0211/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
15 Renshaw Road Elderslie
Received 6 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0210/PP
Construction of six car parking spaces with minor carriageway works.
Kelvin Avenue/Hillington Road Hillington
Received 6 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0209/PP
Siting of a sculpture.
Adjacent To Johnstone By-Pass Johnstone
Received 6 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0208/PP
Use of land for siting of ex. railway carriage and extension for take-away snack bar/diner.
Deanside Road Hillington
Received 6 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0207/PP
Part demolition of and alteration to rear elevation of building.
Block 56 Unit 196 Montrose Avenue Hillington
Received 1 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0206/AD
Installation of illuminated fascia sign.
Linwood Road Paisley
Received 4 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0205/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
"Casa-Mia" Alexandra Drive Renfrew
Received 5 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0204/PP
Formation of new access.
Napier Road Hillington
Received 5 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0203/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
8 Bonar Crescent Bridge Of Weir
Received 5 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0316/PP
Replacement of existing front porch.
64 Bruce Road Bishopton
Received 1 Apr 1996 - Decided96/0317/PP
Change of use and conversion of redundant farm buildings to form extension to dwelling house and alterations to same dwelling house.
Wateryett Farm Lochwinnoch
Received 1 Apr 1996 - Decided96/0066/PP
Erection of 10no. flatted dwellinghouses and formation of ancillary roads, parking spaces and amenity area.
Macdowall Street Johnstone
Received 25 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0318/PP
Proposed replacement windows, formation of doorway in gable and renewal of gutters and downpipes.
Sproulstoun Farm Howwood
Received 1 Apr 1996
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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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