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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27,905 approved · 1,930 refused · 1,374 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided03/0686/PP
Siting of a 12m container to be used for storage (machinery and tools).(retrospective)
Opposite Shillingworth Farm Bridge Of Weir
Received 9 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0132/AD
Advertisement display with back lit letters.
27 Gauze Street Paisley
Received 5 Feb 2003 - Decided07/0504/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
21 Millfield View Erskine PA8 6HE
Received 11 May 2007 - Decided07/0502/TP
Felling of 5 trees (retrospective)
Woodburn 18 Auchengreoch Avenue Johnstone PA5 0RJ
Received 11 May 2007 - Decided07/0501/TP
Crown lifting of 1 Sycamore tree.
133 Willow Drive Johnstone PA5 0AJ
Received 11 May 2007 - Decided03/0683/LB
Erection of 2 replacement hanging banners and fixings.
The Paisley Centre 23 High Street Paisley
Received 5 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0682/PP
Erection of 1.5 storey side and single storey rear extension and enlargement of existing rear dormer and associated works.
16 Parkhill Drive Lochwinnoch
Received 5 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0681/PP
Erection of rear extension to dwelling house.
15 Turnhill Drive Erskine
Received 5 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0679/PP
Repositioning of house on plot 13 by 4 metres to the north east.
Plot 13 The Cooperage Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 5 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0335/PP
Change of use of vacant land to form extension of commercial parking facility.
Burnbrae Drive Linwood
Received 19 Mar 2003 - Decided03/0709/PP
Construction of a 7/8 bedroom residential care home, extension to existing access and formation of parking.
St Joseph's Nursing Home Largs Road Lochwinnoch
Received 11 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0678/PP
Change of use of vacant industrial land to form waste transfer station.
Grampian Works McGown Street Paisley
Received 5 Jun 2003 - Decided03/0486/PP
Substitution of house types including alteration to boundary treatment and internal road layout (amendment to application 02/366/PP)
Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 22 Apr 2003 - Decided03/0418/PP
Formation of 2no. dormers to rear of dwelling house.
Burnbrae Tandlehill Road Kilbarchan
Received 7 Apr 2003 - Decided03/0707/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwellinghouse.
22 Balgonie Drive Paisley
Received 11 Jun 2003 - Decided96/1144/TP
Proposed felling of 7 trees, crown lifting of 11 trees, trunk cleaning of 1 tree and crown thinning of 2 trees.
Maxwellton Road Paisley
Received 13 Dec 1996 - Decided93/0469/PP
Residential development.
Bowfield Road Howwood
Received 11 May 1993 - Decided93/0545/PP
Installation of double glazed patio doors.
7E Hamilton Court Paisley
Received 31 May 1993 - Decided93/0468/PP
Upgrading and alteration of office accommodation.
Ross House Hawkhead Road Paisley
Received 11 May 1993 - Decided93/0467/PP
Erection of a rear extension to dwelling house.
21 Oxford Road Renfrew
Received 11 May 1993 - Decided93/0466/PP
Erection of a conservatory to the side of dwelling house.
'Lyleburn' Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 11 May 1993 - Decided93/0465/PP
Erection of a front porch to dwelling house.
Received 11 May 1993 - Decided96/0735/PP
Erection of a conservatory.
63 The Moorings Paisley
Received 7 Aug 1996 - Decided96/0736/PP
Proposed dormer window to rear of property.
19 Beechwood Drive Renfrew
Received 7 Aug 1996
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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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