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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 dates12,305Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,161 approved or refused records
417Refused applications
10,744 approved · 417 refused · 417 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.
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- Decided24/0894/PA
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Unit A Park Farm Beith Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4BU
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0895/PP
Erection of single storey ground floor extension between two adjacent office buildings.
Ground Floor 2 Marchfield Drive Paisley PA3 2RB
Received 12 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0896/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and installation of solar panels to front elevation and ASH pump to side elevation
Mansfield Johnshill Lochwinnoch PA12 4ES
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0897/PP
Erection of one and a half side and rear extension
The Range House Glenpatrick Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9UP
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0898/PP
Erection of 14 flats and 1 retail unit with associated infrastructure and landscaping
14 Macdowall Street Johnstone PA5 8Q
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Awaiting decision24/0899/AMC
Proposed Residential Development - Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 16 of 20/0246/PP
Torrance House Erskine Harbour Erskine PA8 6PA
Received 16 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0901/PP
Reprofiling of wetland areas to create additional wildlife habitat
Aird's Meadow Visitor Centre Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JF
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0902/PA
Demolition of 18, 20 and 22 Thrushcraig Crescent.
18, 20 And 22 Thrushcraig Crescent Paisley PA2 6PR
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0903/LB
Internal alterations to include removal of partitions and formation of spiral staircase to combine existing offices into a single office unit over ground and first floors and siting of external air source heat pump to side of building
Ground Floor 1 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PX
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0904/PP
Siting of external air source heat pump to side of building
Ground Floor 1 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PX
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0905/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
39 Dunbeath Circle Bishopton PA7 5SB
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0906/PP
Internal alterations including conversion of attic space to form staff room and office space and external alterations to building
1B Greenock Road Paisley PA3 2LB
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0907/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 1 of planning permission 23/0158/PP for the erection of a dwellinghouse and livestock barn
Site 500 Metres South West Of Undercraig Farm House Gallahill Road Langbank
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0908/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed ground and upper floor alterations to dwellinghouse
24 Dunrobin Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NW
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0909/PP
Erection of 8 holiday cottages
Site 350 Metres North East Of Fodstone Farm Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0910/PP
Erection of Cased Goods Warehouse
500 Renfrew Road Renfrew Glasgow G51 4SA
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0911/CL
External alterations to dwellinghouse, removal of outdoor former coal bunker and erection of raised deck.
32 Balmoral Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9RA
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0912/PP
Erection of a detached house
Land Between Nos 1 And 3 Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0913/PP
Part change of use of restaurant (Class 3) to hotel (Class 7) with associated external alterations and works
Premier Travel Inn Pegasus Avenue Paisley PA1 2BH
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0915/PP
Erection of 19 terraced houses on brownfield site.
12 East Lane Paisley PA1 1QA
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0916/PP
Change of use of former shop to form short-term let residential accommodation and associated alterations to include acoustic windows and doors
50 Bridge Of Weir Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UL
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0917/PP
Erection of single storey detached garage to the side of the dwelling.
11 Taylor Avenue Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LS
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0918/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
10 Torrisdale Crescent Bishopton PA7 5SA
Received 20 Dec 2024 - Decided24/0919/PP
Erection of a steel framed ancillary storage building
30 Fountain Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RF
Received 23 Dec 2024
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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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