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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas8 mapped area records
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
- Decided95/0333/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwelling house.
18 Balmoral Road Elderslie
Received 4 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0332/PP
Erection of a rear first floor extension to dwelling house.
Beech House Houston Road Bishopton
Received 4 Apr 1995 - Decided95/0202/PP
Erection of a side and rear extension to dwelling house.
44 Sandholes Road Brookfield
Received 24 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0201/AD
Formation of signs.
Shell Abbotsinch Inchinnan Road Renfrew
Received 24 Feb 1995 - Decided96/0449/PP
Installation of replacement windows and alterations for a patio door.
3B Wardrop Street Paisley
Received 17 May 1996 - Decided95/0199/PP
Installation of roller shutters.
8 Orchard Street Paisley
Received 23 Feb 1995 - Decided96/0450/PP
Formation of doorway to form access to flat roof.
Woodside Crematorium 46 Broomlands Street Paisley
Received 17 May 1996 - Decided95/0196/PP
Extension of permission 90/0363/PP for erection of temporary portable building.
Glasgow Airport Hanger 10 St Andrews Drive Paisley
Received 23 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0195/PP
Change of use of land to car storage/parking area valet & light service area.
Burnbrae Drive Linwood
Received 23 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0194/AD
Erection of sign boards.
Unit 6(A) Blythswood Retail Park Renfrew
Received 23 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0604/PP
Erection of roller shutter over shop front.
102 Glasgow Road Paisley
Received 13 Jun 1995 - Decided03/1082/PP
Erection of 136.5 sq.m. side extension to existing warehouse.
W H Malcolm Burnbrae Road Linwood
Received 9 Sept 2003 - Decided04/0039/PP
Erection of a 20m monopole and a 2.5m head frame supporting 3 antennae and a microwave dish with the installation of equipment cabin and the erection of a 2.1m high palisade fence surrounding the application site.
Treatment Works Stanely Reservoir Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 16 Jan 2004 - Decided95/0215/PP
Erection of a workshop.
2 North Croft Street Paisley
Received 28 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0214/PP
Erection of a front porch and rear conservatory.
106 Brown Street Paisley
Received 28 Feb 1995 - Decided96/0446/LB
Formation of new doorway.
Woodside Crematorium 46 Broomlands Street Paisley
Received 17 May 1996 - Decided95/0211/PP
Fomation of new shop front.
10 New Street Paisley
Received 27 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0090/PP
Alterations and extension to dwelling house.
Girthill Farm Warlock Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 1 Feb 1995 - Decided95/0089/TP
Felling of trees.
Moredun House Stanely Road Paisley
Received 31 Jan 1995 - Decided96/0463/PP
New 1.5 million litre aviation fuel vertical storage tank, modification to existing offices and vehicle service building and repositioning of car park.
Glasgow Airport Terminal St. Andrews Drive Paisley
Received 20 May 1996 - Decided95/0087/PP
Tenemental rehabilitation.
81 Lounsdale Road Paisley
Received 30 Jan 1995 - Decided95/0086/PP
Refurbishment of building including continuation of new top storey to form 2 retail units and 3 flats.
13 Moss Street Paisley
Received 30 Jan 1995 - Unknown02/1164/PP
Alterations to attached garage to form bedroom.
9 Dochart Avenue Renfrew
Received 30 Oct 2002 - Decided03/1250/PP
Erection of front porch to detached dwelling house.
8 Lang Avenue Bishopton
Received 24 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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