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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided93/0580/PP
Erection of goods despatch/security offices.
High Street Paisley
Received 9 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0579/TC
Pruning of trees.
Ranfurly Court Ranfurly Place Bridge Of Weir
Received 8 Jun 1993 - Decided96/0763/PP
Erection of extension to existing industrial premises (amendment to previous approval 90/1208/PP).
Received 14 Aug 1996 - Decided93/0268/PP
Erection of a retail training centre and store with associated parking and service yard.
Hillington Road Hillington
Received 19 Mar 1993 - Decided96/0784/AD
Erection of a new fascia sign.
14-16 High Street Paisley Paisley
Received 20 Aug 1996 - Decided93/0137/PP
Erection of childrens play barn.
The Mossend Lochwinnoch
Received 17 Feb 1993 - Decided93/0135/PP
Formation of a new shopfront.
29 Causeyside Street Paisley
Received 16 Feb 1993 - Decided93/0134/PP
Alterations and extension to premises to provide workshop accomodation.
Crest House Brown Street Renfrew
Received 16 Feb 1993 - Decided93/0558/VR
Removal of condtion no. 3 of planning permission PRW/83/74 to allow any use within Class 16(e) indoor recreation.
7 Shuttle Street Paisley
Received 2 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0606/PP
Recladding of house.
18 Thornwood Drive Bridge Of Weir
Received 17 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0557/EN
Erection of forecourt kiosk and car parking payment booths and alterations to terminal entrance doors.
Glasgow Airport St Andrew's Drive Paisley
Received 1 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0556/PP
Erection of a dwelling house and detached garage.
23 High Calside Paisley
Received 1 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0555/PP
Use of premises for the storage of buses and vehicle maintenance depot.
Unit 4 19 Greenhill Road Paisley
Received 2 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0554/EN
Erection of temporary baggage sort building.
Glasgow Airport St Andrew's Drive Paisley
Received 1 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0553/EN
Erection of extension to check-in B Building.
Glasgow Airport St Andrew's Drive Paisley
Received 1 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0552/TP
Felling and uprooting of trees.
Gates Road Lochwinnoch
Received 1 Jun 1993 - Decided93/0551/PP
Erection of a two-storey side extension to dwelling house.
47 Collier Street Johnstone
Received 1 Jun 1993 - Decided03/0240/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
5 Don Avenue Renfrew
Received 28 Feb 2003 - Decided03/0795/PP
Conversion of and extension to existing building to form new dwellinghouse.
Adj. Penwold Cottage Kilbarchan Road Bridge Of Weir.
Received 30 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0740/AD
Erection of banner sign.
37 - 41 Lonend Paisley
Received 17 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0736/RD
Change of use of land from agricultural grazing to cemetery use to form extension to Lochwinnoch cemetery.
Lochwinnoch Cemetery Lochwinnoch
Received 16 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0669/PP
Erection of side and rear extension to dwelling house.
10 Fraser Avenue Bishopton
Received 3 Jun 2003 - Decided04/0163/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to north elevation of ward one incorporating new ramped entrance and reception area. Installation of new ramped access to east elevation of ward one and erection of 1.8m high fence around patio area. Creation of a
Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 16 Feb 2004 - Decided03/0815/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use as two residential units.
Kaimhill Cottages Crosslee Road By Houston
Received 3 Jul 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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