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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas8 mapped area records
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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
- Decided96/0058/PP
Part re-alignment of site boundary, re-position of dwellings at Plot No's 88 - 100 and extension of structured planting area (amendment to approved housing layout 94/644/PP).
Elliston Farm Howwood
Received 24 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0057/PP
Tenement Rehabilitation works.
21 Wellmeadow Street/1 Walker Street Paisley
Received 24 Jan 1996 - Decided96/1135/LB
Erection of road lighting units.
Smithhills Street Paisley
Received 9 Dec 1996 - Decided96/1136/PP
Erection of a side and rear single storey extension.
28 Darvel Crescent Paisley
Received 9 Dec 1996 - Decided96/0055/PP
Erection of 27 bedroom extension wing, conservatory extension to restaurant and conversion of meeting room into disabled bedrooms.
Travel Inn White Cart Road/Sanderling Road Paisley
Received 23 Jan 1996 - Decided96/0334/PP
Erection of a detached garage.
Nethergreen Wynd Renfrew
Received 10 Apr 1996 - Decided96/0335/PP
Extension to existing garage and retrospective permission for rear extension to dwellinghouse.
22 Castle Avenue Elderslie
Received 10 Apr 1996 - Decided95/1201/PP
Formation of drive way.
23 Beith Road Howwood
Received 8 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1200/AD
Erection of advertisement hoarding.
33 Gauze Street Paisley
Received 7 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1198/PP
Proposed rear extension to dwelling house.
8 Carruth Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 7 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1197/PP
Proposed rear and side extension and garage to dwelling.
42 Hillview Road Elderslie Johnstone
Received 7 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1196/TC
Proposed crown thinning of 5 lime trees.
High Road Castlehead Paisley
Received 7 Dec 1995 - Decided95/1195/LB
Demolition of out building at rear of property.
4 Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 7 Dec 1995 - Decided97/0025/PP
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension to form integral garage and additional accomodation.
3 Thornly Park Drive Paisley
Received 17 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0023/PP
Change of use from store to shop and proposed formation of shopfront.
7 Orchard Street Paisley
Received 16 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0022/PP
Extension to rear of factory premises.
4 Earl Haig Road Hillington
Received 16 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0021/PP
Proposed installation of double glazing windows.
Top Flat 41 Fairway Avenue Paisley
Received 16 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0020/LB
Erection of stone wall with metal railings to match existing south side courtyard. Erection of stonework bin stores with stainless steel roof and stainless steel roller shutter doors.
Town Hall Abbey Close Paisley
Received 15 Jan 1997 - Decided97/0018/PP
Erection of conservatory to front of public house.
Main Road Langbank
Received 14 Jan 1997 - Decided96/0193/PP
Erection of a garage.
8 Ben Vane Avenue Paisley
Received 4 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0310/PP
Erection of a side extension.
11 Houstonfield Quadrant Houston
Received 1 Apr 1996 - Decided96/0300/VR
Modification of condition no. 2 to vary hours of opening of hot food take-away from 22.30 to 12.00 midnight Sunday to Thursday and 1.00am Friday and Saturday.
2 Quarrelton Road Johnstone
Received 21 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0190/PP
Erection of new church house and hall.
Hill Road/Bowfield Road Howwood
Received 1 Mar 1996 - Decided96/0189/PP
Erection of six detached dwelling houses with associated garages and alterations to farm access.
Ralston Golf Club Strathmore Avenue Paisley
Received 1 Mar 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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