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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided03/0756/PP
Removal of existing timber porch and erection of conservatory to rear of dwelling house.
2 Thornly Park Drive Paisley
Received 19 Jun 2003 - Decided03/1044/PP
Erection of factory building comprising three units together with associated parking, access alterations and landscaping.
Cartside Avenue Inchinnan Business Park Inchinnan
Received 27 Aug 2003 - Decided94/0862/PP
Erection of a clinical waste transfer facility.
Inchinnan Industrial Estate Cartside Avenue Inchinnan
Received 12 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0861/PP
Erection of garage and formation of vehicular access.
2 Baron Street Renfrew
Received 12 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0858/PP
Installation of replacement shopfront (Retrospective).
81 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 11 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0857/PP
Demolition of existing rear extension and outbuilding, re-building of kitchen and studio to rear of premises.
5 Steeple Square Kilbarchan
Received 10 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0856/PP
Erection of gates at pend.
3-5 School Wynd Paisley
Received 10 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0855/PP
Change of use of office building to student accommodation.
43 Canal Street Paisley
Received 9 Aug 1994 - Decided94/0728/PP
Internal alterations to form estate agents shop & new shopfront
Unit 35C Paisley Centre Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 6 Jul 1994 - Decided96/0558/TP
Felling of one tree.
St Catherines 19 Stanely Road Paisley
Received 17 Jun 1996 - Decided94/0726/PP
Over-cladding of an existing office building
Argyll Avenue Blytheswood Trading Estate Renfrew
Received 6 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0725/PP
Erection of an attached garage and temporary change of use to a sales office for 2 years, associated with the use of a house as a showhouse.
South Candren Paisley
Received 6 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0724/PP
Erection of garage and front porch.
63 Flures Drive Erskine
Received 6 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0723/AD
Erection of 2 goalpost signs, fascia signs and 1 directional sign.
Niddry Street/Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 6 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0722/PP
Erection of side and rear extension, formation of new roof and front and rear dormers.
68 Haining Road Renfrew
Received 5 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0721/PP
Replacement of ground floor windows.
Brinian Cottage Main Street Houston
Received 5 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0720/PP
Erection of a detached garage to rear of property.
8 Alexandra Drive Paisley
Received 5 Jul 1994 - Decided94/0590/LB
Change of use of residential to office use and formation of associated parking.
98 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 3 Jun 1994 - Decided94/0589/PP
Erection of a garage.
45 Houstonfield Quadrant Houston
Received 3 Jun 1994 - Decided96/0570/PP
Erection of a detached dwelling house.
Plot 9 West Freeland Erskine
Received 20 Jun 1996 - Decided94/0587/PP
Erection of a dwelling house.
Plot 4 West Freeland Erskine
Received 3 Jun 1994 - Decided94/0586/PP
Erection of Flatted Development.
14 South Avenue Paisley
Received 3 Jun 1994 - Decided94/0585/PP
Residential Development.
14 South Avenue Paisley
Received 3 Jun 1994 - Decided94/0584/PP
Sub division of ground to form two house plots.
14 South Avenue Paisley
Received 3 Jun 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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