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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided96/0439/PP
Erection of a double garage and conservatory.
20 Riverside Houston
Received 15 May 1996 - Decided95/0251/PP
Erection of car-wash and two jet-washes.
Benston Service Station Beith Road Johnstone
Received 7 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0250/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Plot 7 Broomlands Gardens Erskine
Received 7 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0248/PP
Erection of a side extension to dwelling house.
10 Low Barholm Kilbarchan
Received 7 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0247/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house to form bedroom and ensuite toilet for person with disabilities.
10 Gallowhill Road Paisley
Received 7 Mar 1995 - Decided95/0122/PP
Alterations to form flat and erection of garage.
13 Auchengreoch Avenue Johnstone
Received 9 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0121/PP
Installation of double glazed windows.
21 Fairway Avenue Paisley
Received 9 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0120/PP
Elevation alterations.
6-8 High Street Paisley
Received 9 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0119/PP
Erection of a conservatory to dwelling house.
28 St Andrews Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 9 Feb 1995 - Decided96/0460/PP
Change of use from private hotel to nursery school on ground floor with private residential accommodation and auxiliary staff accommodation on first floor and formation of vehicular access.
Makerston House 19 Park Road Paisley
Received 20 May 1996 - Decided95/0117/VR
Disposal of Inert Wastes (Variation of Condition No.4 of Application RDC/83/5).
Linwood Moss Landfill Moss Road Linwood
Received 9 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0115/PP
Part change of use of public car park to form private car park.
Glen Lane Paisley
Received 8 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0114/AD
Formation of a sheet wall panel.
7 Incle Street Paisley
Received 8 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0517/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
1 Laighpark Avenue Bishopton
Received 23 May 1995 - Decided95/0516/PP
Erection of a rear extension.
19 Barassie Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 23 May 1995 - Decided96/0406/PP
Erection of a two storey dwelling house.
Plot 7 West Freeland Esrkine
Received 3 May 1996 - Decided95/0514/PP
Erection of a garden shed.
11A Holm Place Linwood
Received 23 May 1995 - Decided95/0513/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Shields Holdings Lochwinnoch
Received 23 May 1995 - Decided96/0407/PP
Installation of replacement windows, at rear of flatted property.
(Upper Flat) 5 High Barholm Kilbarchan
Received 3 May 1996 - Unknown96/0408/PP
Enclose existing front porch.
3 Parkinch Erskine
Received 8 May 1996 - Decided95/0509/PP
Erection of new office buildings.
St Josephs Nursing Home Lochwinnoch
Received 22 May 1995 - Decided95/0383/PP
Removal of existing rendering and repair to existing stonework, re-glazing of windows.
96 Neilston Road Paisley
Received 21 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0382/PP
Alterations to shopfront.
65 Dundonald Road Paisley
Received 20 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0381/PP
Demolition of existing and erection of new front porch.
125 Corsebar Road Paisley
Received 20 Apr 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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