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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Renfrewshire
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Renfrewshire. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates12,283Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,142 approved or refused records
416Refused applications
10,726 approved · 416 refused · 414 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jan 2009 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/0854/PP
Proposed earthworks, platforming and ancillary works
Former Royal Ordnance Site - Area E1 Station Road Bishopton
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0855/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension and first floor extension to detached garage
3 Millbank Circle Bishopton PA7 5NF
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0862/DOC
Discharge of condition 15 as attached to planning consent 23/0431/PP
Site Between Nether Southbar And East Fulwood Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0863/TP
Felling of five trees
10 Manor Park Avenue Paisley PA2 9BF
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0865/NMV
Non Material Variation to amend the location of play areas (retrospective)
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0866/PP
Erection of pillars, entrance gates and fencing to front of dwellings
Hightrees 5 Langdale Circle Houston Johnstone PA6 7DY
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0867/TP
Branch and limb reduction to one beech tree
Formakin Park Formakin Estate Houston Road Bishopton PA7 5NX
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0868/PA
Prior Notification for demolition of buildings
5, 7 & 9 Auchentorlie Quadrant Paisley PA1 1QY
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0869/PP
Erection of two storey side extension
122 Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QE
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0870/CL
Erection of single storey rear extension and conversion of attached garage
59 Hillpark Avenue Paisley PA2 6QJ
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0872/PP
Erection of a three-storey Primary School with integrated sports and assembly halls, cycle storage, parking and drop-off facilities, hard and soft landscaping and an external 3G full-size flood-lit sports pitch.
Former Royal Ordnance Site - Area E1 Station Road Bishopton
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0873/PP
Erection of single storey extension and formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse
15 Beechwood Drive Renfrew PA4 0PW
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0874/NMV
Non material variation to 23/0319/PP to reduce size of extension and glazing application
21 Berl Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7JJ
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0875/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
47 Nith Drive Renfrew PA4 0UR
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0876/PP
Erection of 20m high telecommunications pole with associated antennas and equipment cabinets (replacement of existing 15m high pole and associated apparatus)
Land To East Of Junction With Park Drive Newshot Drive Erskine
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0878/DOC
Discharge of conditions 3,9, and 14 as attached to 24/0494/PP
Site On Southern Boundary Of M8 At Montgomery Avenue And Montgomery Road Paisley
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0879/NMV
Non material variation to amend plots to either hand the house type or swap with the adjacent plot
Main Building And Grounds Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley PA2 7DE
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0880/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive elements of conditions 2 (SI), 5(external finishes), 6 (Ecological Approval) ,9 (Travel Plan) and 11(Parking Plan) as attached to 24/0495/PP
Former Cochrane Castle Primary School Craigview Avenue Johnstone
Received 10 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0886/PP
Erection of 10 single storey commercial units (Class 6) with associated access, parking, infrastructure and landscaping
13 Mary Street Johnstone PA5 8BT
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0888/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse
Plot Adjacent To Langbank Cottage Main Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XR
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0889/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
15 Stanely Drive Paisley PA2 6HE
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0891/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
10 Millfield Wynd Erskine PA8 6JH
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Awaiting decision24/0892/PP
Residential development including formation of access, landscaping and associated works.
Site Between Garpel Burn And St Joseph's Nursing Home Burnfoot Road Lochwinnoch
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Unknown24/0893/DOC
Discharge of condition 7 as attached to 23/0431/PP
Site Between Nether Southbar And East Fulwood Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 12 Dec 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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