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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 dates12,419Searchable applications
138Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,266 approved or refused records
422Refused applications
10,844 approved · 422 refused · 423 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2008 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Decided25/0115/AD
Installation of 1 no. fascia sign to rear elevation
Unit 2 Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Road Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 20 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0116/PP
Erection of a garden room in rear garden (in retrospect).
2 Willow Drive Johnstone PA5 0DP
Received 21 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0117/PP
Formation of dormer on side elevation
16 Beardmore Cottages Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PE
Received 24 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0118/AD
Installation of 3 illuminated fascia signs
445 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4BL
Received 24 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0119/PP
Engineering works to the rear to form level terraced platforms alongside the installation of replacement and new retaining walls and erection of a section of fencing (in retrospect)
27 Stanely Avenue Paisley PA2 9LB
Received 24 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0120/DOC
Request to discharge the suspensive aspect of Condition 2 (Site Investigation and Remediation Strategy) of planning permission 24/0426/PP.
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 25 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0121/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of Condition 8 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of planning permission 24/0323/PP.
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 25 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0128/PP
Installation of replacement front door
23 East Buchanan Street Paisley PA1 1HS
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0129/TP
Felling of five Leylandii trees in retrospect and proposed felling of seven additional trees comprising one Douglas Fir, one Leylandii, one Maple, one Larch, one Eucalyptus and two Horse Chestnut
Crosbie Moredun Road Paisley
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0131/PP
Installation of swimming pool with store and associated structures to rear, and composite timber decking area and associated fence to rear of decking (in retrospect)
14 Strathcarron Wynd Paisley PA2 7AJ
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0132/TP
Felling of 1 Lyme tree
15 Loanhead Avenue Linwood Paisley PA3 3QP
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0133/TC
Felling of 29 trees (in part retrospect)
Site On Western Boundary Of No 24 Thriplee Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0134/PP
Erection of front porch extension
15 Morar Crescent Bishopton PA7 5DZ
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0135/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and adjoining raised decking
60 Balgonie Avenue Paisley PA2 9LP
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0136/PP
Change of use from Class 1A (cafe serving cold food) to Sui Generis (hot food takeaway) and installation of grille on rear elevation
Unit A 65 High Street Johnstone PA5 8QG
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0137/LB
Installation of ventilation equipment to kitchen, new through-wall vent and external grille
Unit A 65 High Street Johnstone PA5 8QG
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0139/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
95 Nethercraigs Road Paisley PA2 8SG
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0140/PIP
Planning Permission in Principle for residential development comprising of three dwelling plots
Windyhill Farm Barochan Road Johnstone PA6 7AA
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0141/PP
Installation of rooflights to the front elevation roofplane
1 Paterson's Feu North Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7HF
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0142/PP
Change of use and conversion of offices to form two flats
Flat 1/1 1 Silk Street Paisley PA1 1HG
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decided25/0143/PP
Temporary siting of portable cabin to provide ancillary office accommodation for existing car park (renewal from planning permission 17/0142/PP)
Land To South East Of Junction With Greenhill Road Clark Street Paisley
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0144/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
41 Moorpark Square Renfrew PA4 8DB
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0145/PP
Erection of single storey extension to the side, adjoining raised patio area to side and rear, standalone timber decking area including building to house sauna to rear and standalone car port alongside external alterations comprising of replacement windows and rooflights and re-rendering and re-cladding of external walls.
Parkside Kingslea Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7ER
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0147/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
27 Fleet Avenue Renfrew PA4 0YT
Received 4 Mar 2025
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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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