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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 dates12,439Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,283 approved or refused records
423Refused applications
10,860 approved · 423 refused · 423 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2008 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0183/PP
Installation of CCTV cameras to front elevation facade
Unit 38 Paisley Centre Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UN
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0190/NMV
Non-Material Variation to alter the profile of part of the proposed roof from dual to mono-pitch at its junction with the existing house gable
20 Strathcarron Road Paisley PA2 7DL
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0191/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of conditions 3 (internal road, junction, and cycle and pedestrian details) 8 (facing material details), 9 (surfacing finish details) and 10 (fences and wall details) attached to planning consent 19/0456/PP.
Yard A Station Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0193/TC
Removal of 1 no. storm damaged beech tree and 1 no. large cypress tree
Greendykes Golf Course Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HN
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0196/TP
Remove lower limb from 1 no. Sycamore tree
Land To Rear Of No 14 Netherburn Gardens Houston Johnstone
Received 18 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0197/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front
34 Ben Lawers Drive Paisley PA2 7NQ
Received 18 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0199/NMV
Non-Material Variation to solar array layout, location of transformer and substation and CCTV/fencing locations to planning permission 24/0139/PP
Locher Works Kilbarchan Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RL
Received 19 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0200/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and a front porch extension
9 Greenways Avenue Paisley PA2 9NS
Received 19 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0201/PP
Erection of detached outbuilding to side of dwellinghouse
15 Haining Road Renfrew PA4 0TD
Received 19 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0202/PP
Alterations to front elevation of shopfront including installation of ramp to entrance alongside installation of six AC condenser units and four extract louvres to rear elevation
5 William Street Johnstone PA5 8DP
Received 20 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0203/AD
Installation of 2 illuminated fascia signs and 1 illuminated projecting sign
5 William Street Johnstone PA5 8DP
Received 20 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0204/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension
9 John Lang Street Johnstone PA5 8HA
Received 20 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0205/PP
Extension to first floor and external alterations (amendments to approved planning consent 24/0774/PP)
Cochrane Lodge Auchengreoch Avenue Johnstone PA5 0RJ
Received 20 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0206/PP
Erection of a single storey side extension
10 Raeburn Avenue Paisley PA1 1SZ
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0207/PP
Change of use to from former Class 1A (beauty salon) to Sui Generis (short term let serviced accommodation) with associated external works including formation of garden and parking area and erection of fencing
5 Glenburn Road Paisley PA2 8TA
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0208/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
3 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0209/PP
Erection of two storey dwellinghouse and associated works
1A Low Road Paisley PA2 6AQ
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0210/CL
Certficate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use/Development to convert existing garage into guest room ancillary to existing house
Silverknowe Johnshill Lochwinnoch PA12 4ES
Received 24 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0212/CL
Erection of a timber cabin in rear garden (in retrospect)
20 Moffat Gardens Bishopton PA7 5RN
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0213/EIASCR
Request for a EIA Screening Opinion for residential development including formation of access, landscaping and associated works
Site Between Garpel Burn And St Joseph's Nursing Home Burnfoot Road Lochwinnoch
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0220/PP
Alterations to existing single storey rear extension, external alterations to the front of the dwellinghouse and internal alterations
Straven Lewis Crescent Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2HB
Received 25 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0222/TP
Felling of 8 trees and general tree maintenance
Sites North Western Boundary Of Teucheen Circle Erskine
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0223/PP
Erection of single storey side extension and adjoining decking
3 Market Hill Lochwinnoch PA12 4HP
Received 26 Mar 2025 - Decided25/0224/PP
Change of use from a convenience store (Class 1) to a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and erection of flue to rear
Post Office 74 Netherhill Road Paisley PA3 4RL
Received 26 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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