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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 dates12,204Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,068 approved or refused records
409Refused applications
10,659 approved · 409 refused · 412 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/0422/NMV
Non material variation to planning application 22/0114/PP to reposition Block 1 approximately 2 metres further south and provision of bin collection point
Land To South East Of Junction With Elm Drive Maple Drive Johnstone
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0423/PP
Formation of MUGA pitch with associated lighting and fencing
Multi Use Games Area A Kirklandneuk Park Ness Road Renfrew
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0424/PP
Installation of driveway, including retaining walls
34 Bardrain Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9JF
Received 21 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0425/PP
Section 42 application to delete condition 6 of planning application 21/1022/PP for the erection of residential development comprising 25 dwellinghouses
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0426/PP
Extension and external alterations to leisure facilities to create spa and installation of spa garden with associated swimming pools, terraces, pergolas and herbal warm rooms, erection of entrance canopy and porch and external timber and stone walling effect cladding to golfer's lodge, and upgrading of access track
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0428/PP
Construction of a single storey side extension with external decking
Fairy Dell Cottage Fordbank Equi Centre Beith Road Johnstone PA10 2NS
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0429/NMV
Alteration to roof design, fenestration and building footprint, and reconfiguration of external cladding.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0431/NMV
Non material variation to planning application 16/0884/PP to change external finish from facing brick to dry dash render
Land To West Of No 36 Floorsburn Crescent Johnstone
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0434/DOC
Discharge condition 1 and 2 planning application 21/1091/PP for the installation of rooflights to front and rear of flat
Flat 2/1 65 Oakshaw Street West Paisley PA1 2DE
Received 20 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0435/PP
Erection of single storey side extension to dwelling
20 Queens Drive Bishopton PA7 5DD
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0436/PP
Change of use of horse exercise yard to community allotment with associated landscaping works and installation of gates
Land To South West Of 4 Park Mains Holdings Barrhill Road Erskine
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0437/TC
Removal of one ash tree and removal of limbs and felling to approx. 9m stump of one ash tree.
House 1 13 South Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EN
Received 25 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0438/PP
Erection of extension to filling station kiosk and increase in canopy height
30 Napier Street Johnstone PA5 8SF
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0439/PP
Erection of single storey rear and side extension to dwellinghouse.
27 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DX
Received 26 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0440/PP
Change of use of open space to garden ground and erection of fence (in retrospect).
4 Abington Circle Bishopton PA7 5LY
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0441/NMV
Non material variation to planning application 21/1267/PP for the erection of a detached dwellinghouse
Site On Western Boundary Of Field House North Street Houston Johnstone
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0442/DOC
Discharge condition 1 of planning application 23/0224/PP for installation of buried cable connection and HV yard, and repositioning of site access.
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0444/PP
Infilling and regrading of land
Land At Glenfield Road Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0445/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse with connecting single storey extension to rear and formation of rear facing dormer
11 Marjory Road Renfrew PA4 8BG
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0446/PP
Installation of shopfront and entrance door
80 Sycamore Avenue Johnstone PA5 0BL
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0447/PP
Conversion of stable building to form two dwellings
10 Chapel Farm Steading Chapel Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7AX
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0449/TP
Crown reduction of 10 cherry trees
139 Ellon Way Paisley PA3 4BQ
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0450/PP
Formation of electric vehicle charging hub consisting of 4 charge points, two canopies, substation, access and landscaping
93 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8LH
Received 28 Jun 2024 - Decided24/0451/PP
Formation of dormer on rear elevation of dwellinghouse and erection of garage to accommodate three vehicles to side
Clovenstone Calderside Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LB
Received 28 Jun 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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