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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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
- Decided06/0025/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwelling house.
24 St Annes Wynd Erskine PA8 7DT
Received 11 Jan 2006 - Decided03/1157/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwellinghouse.
Barochan Garden Cottage Houston
Received 1 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1144/PP
Erection of 3 no. Class 4 office pavilions (3,285 square metres) with associated external works, parking and landscaping (as amendment to previous permission 03/0703/PP).
St James Business Park Linwood
Received 25 Sept 2003 - Decided03/1124/PP
Erection of garage.
19 Killearn Drive Ralston Paisley
Received 19 Sept 2003 - Decided04/0462/PP
Erection of single storey rear/side extension to end-terraced dwelling house.
81 Fisher Drive Paisley
Received 14 Apr 2004 - Decided03/1135/AD
Erection of externally illuminated individual letters to side of gable.
Block E Mitsui Babcock Energy Ltd Westway Porterfield Road Renfrew
Received 24 Sept 2003 - Decided03/1181/PP
Erection of conservatory to the rear of dwelling house.
20 Wallace Avenue Bishopton
Received 8 Oct 2003 - Decided03/0891/PP
Erection of front and rear extensions to dwelling house and new pitched roof to garage.
49 Piper Avenue Houston
Received 23 Jul 2003 - Decided03/0986/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to the side and rear of a semi detached dwelling house, incorporating an integral garage.
75 India Drive Inchinnan
Received 14 Aug 2003 - Decided03/1057/PP
Erection of a garage and conservatory to rear of detached bungalow.
8 Auchengreoch Avenue Johnstone
Received 1 Sept 2003 - Decided03/0954/PP
Formation of 3 dormer extensions to the rear roofspace of dwellinghouse
34 Stanely Avenue Paisley
Received 6 Aug 2003 - Decided03/1174/RD
Formation of multi sports court with floodlighting.
Bankfoot Road/Blackstoun Road Paisley
Received 6 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1253/LB
Installation of 2 no. spotlights to frontage, grabrail and entrance door and internal alterations to lighting and writing shelf.
8 St Mirren Street Paisley
Received 24 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1248/LB
Replacement of 3 no. 3G antennae with 3 no. integraged 3G antennae on the rooftop of the above building.
88 Greenhill Road Paisley
Received 23 Oct 2003 - Decided04/0288/PP
Erection of two storey side extension to dwelling house.
11 Glenfield Gardens Paisley
Received 15 Mar 2004 - Decided04/0473/PP
Erection of porch at rear of property.
49 Wheatlands Drive Kilbarchan
Received 16 Apr 2004 - Decided03/1133/NA
Refurbishment and sub-division of existing buildings to provide residential units and new-build housing development, access roads and garages.
Keil School Helenslee Road Dunbarton
Received 23 Sept 2003 - Decided03/1215/PP
Installation of external task light on southern elevation and relocation of floodlight on western elevation
Paisley Chief Office 1 Moncrieff Street Paisley.
Received 16 Oct 2003 - Decided03/0975/PP
Proposed single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
Bellwort House Houston Road Houston
Received 13 Aug 2003 - Decided03/1213/PP
Erection of a rear conservatory to dwelling house.
24 Leabank Avenue Paisley.
Received 16 Oct 2003 - Decided03/0813/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwelling house.
3 Ladyacres Way Inchinnan
Received 2 Jul 2003 - Decided03/1212/PP
Erection of side extension and front porch to semi-detached dwelling house to include demolition of existing garage.
6 Lubnaig Drive Erskine.
Received 15 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1198/PP
Change of use of industrial unit to adult learning centre, to include external alterations.
Unit 11 Murray Street Greenhill Business Park Paisley.
Received 13 Oct 2003 - Decided03/1175/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
48 Afton Drive Renfrew
Received 7 Oct 2003
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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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