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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided94/1112/PP
Erection of bakery store and 6 lock-up garages.
Rear Of 38 Wellmeadow Street Paisley
Received 10 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1111/AD
Erection of an advertisement hoarding.
2 Rowan Street Paisley
Received 11 Oct 1994 - Unknown94/1110/PP
Erection of extension to dwelling house.
15 Glencairn Road Langbank
Received 11 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1109/PP
Erection of a 2 storey rear extension, front porch and car port to dwelling house.
12 Merlinford Crescent Renfrew
Received 11 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1108/PP
Installation of communication satellite antennae.
27-30 Central Way Paisley
Received 11 Oct 1994 - Decided94/1107/PP
Erection of fire escape stair.
Love Street Paisley
Received 11 Oct 1994 - Decided96/0516/PP
Widening of existing access road and construction of site access road parking and buildings in association with farm use.
Birkenhead Farm Linwood
Received 5 Jun 1996 - Decided94/0971/PP
Residential development and integrated landscaped boundary treatment.
Craigton Farm Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 9 Sept 1994 - Decided94/0970/TP
Felling of 26 trees.
Wee Wood Area Thomas Shanks Park Beith Road Johnstone
Received 8 Sept 1994 - Decided94/0969/PP
Extension of permission ref.93/509/pp for siting of mobile snack van.
Blytheswood Industrial Estate Inchinnan Road Renfrew
Received 8 Sept 1994 - Decided94/0968/PP
Erection of extension and rear conservatory.
20 East Fulton Hold Darluith Road Linwood
Received 8 Sept 1994 - Decided94/0967/PP
Erection of refuse store to serve units 4, 5, and 6.
Units 4 5 And 6 Pegasus Avenue Phoenix Business Park Linwood
Received 8 Sept 1994 - Decided94/0966/PP
Redevelopment of existing farmhouse to include demolition of selected outhouses and construction of a new residential wing.
Turningshaw Farm Houston
Received 8 Sept 1994 - Decided96/0474/PP
Change of use of existing store room to entrance/reception to hair salon and alterations to frontage.
47 Kilnside Road Paisley
Received 22 May 1996 - Decided96/0475/PP
Alterations to existing office/warehouse unit.
Unit 1A Riverbank Industrial Estate Bridge Street Linwood
Received 23 May 1996 - Decided94/1386/TP
Crown lifting and trunk cleaning of trees.
Glencoats Public Park Blackstoun Road Paisley
Received 28 Dec 1994 - Decided96/0476/AD
Erection of a temporary construction site signboard.
The Phoenix Linwood Road Paisley
Received 23 May 1996 - Decided94/1384/PP
Alterations and change of use of store/garage outbuilding to form office accommodation and store.
Weighhouse Close Paisley
Received 28 Dec 1994 - Decided94/1383/LB
Alterations and change of use of store/garage outbuilding to form office accommodation and store.
Weighhouse Close Paisley
Received 28 Dec 1994 - Decided94/1382/PP
Erection of an attached garage and re-alignment of plot boundaries (amendment to approved layout Ref.91/182/PP).
Glencoats Park Paisley
Received 28 Dec 1994 - Decided94/1381/PP
Erection of 5 dwelling houses.
Grahams Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 28 Dec 1994 - Decided94/1251/PP
Enlargement of Golf Professionals Shop.
Ranfurly Castle Golf Club Golf Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 18 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1250/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
28 Oxford Road Renfrew
Received 18 Nov 1994 - Decided94/1249/PP
Alterations and rehabilitation of an existing factory unit to form storage and office accomodation.
50 - 52 Queen Elizabeth Avenue Hillington
Received 18 Nov 1994
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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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