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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 dates12,457Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,301 approved or refused records
423Refused applications
10,878 approved · 423 refused · 423 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2008 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0298/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive element of Conditions 16 part 1 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) of Section 36 and deemed planning consent ECU00004868 (Council Consultation Reference 24/0052/EB)
Neilston Battery Storage System Site Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0299/PP
Reconfiguration of petrol filing station layout including erection of replacement sales building, bin storage and fencing and relocation of existing electric vehicle charging facility and parking alongside associated works.
Unit A Centreholm Roundabout Erskine PA8 6EY
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0300/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
10 Greenhead Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QY
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0301/PP
Formation of six padel tennis courts with associated fencing, canopy, lighting and associated works.
Unit 1 XSite Braehead King's Inch Road Renfrew PA4 8XQ
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0302/PP
Installation of replacement facade to shopfront
130 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AX
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0303/TP
Felling of one beech tree and one sycamore and pruning works to an additional three sycamore trees
Land To The East Of Highway Sandielands Avenue Erskine
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0304/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed single storey extension
18 Speirs Place Linwood Paisley PA3 3RU
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0305/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension, alteration of rear hip roof to form gable and balcony and installation of dormer to front.
38 King's Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9LY
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0306/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension and front porch, and formation of raised decking to the rear.
17 Thornwood Drive Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JQ
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0307/PP
Erection of single storey side extension connecting detached garage to dwelling
50 Roundhouse Circle Renfrew PA4 8FL
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0308/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension with raised platform
16 Douglas Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NE
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0309/PP
Erection of garage to the rear
241 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9EN
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0310/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
8 Portland Road Paisley PA2 7GH
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0311/PP
Erection of replacement garden room in rear garden of dwellinghouse
24 Back O Hill Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7LD
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0312/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension
13 Alice Street Paisley PA2 6DR
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0313/PP
Installation of four skylights to the rear elevation and one to the front elevation.
128 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AX
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0315/PP
Erection of upper floor extension to dwellinghouse
19 Gryfebank Close Houston Johnstone PA6 7LT
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0316/AD
Installation of 4 advertisements comprising of 1 internally illuminated fascia sign and 3 externally illuminated fascia signs
Unit 6 Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Road Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0317/PP
Change of use of existing residential garages to community use (Men's Shed)
Site 30 Metres East Of Bourtree Cottage Chapel Road Houston Johnstone
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0318/FUR
Section 42 application to remove Conditions 5 (financial guarantee requirements) and 6 (arrangements if financial guarantee is invalid, has expired, or is terminated) of planning permission 24/0248/PP
Former Water Treatment Works Middleton Road Linwood Paisley
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0319/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 51 of Planning Permission in Principle 17/0025/PP for the erection of residential development comprising 80 dwellinghouses with associated infrastructure and landscaping.
Royal Ordnance Site E2 Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0320/PP
Change of use of former community garden to parking facility associated with existing business (Kilbarchan Vehicle Services)
Site To East Of Junction With Waterside Lane Kilbarchan Road Johnstone
Received 30 Apr 2025 - Decided25/0321/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed erection of conservatory including platform and steps to rear of dwellinghouse
Leslyn Milliken Park Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2DB
Received 1 May 2025 - Decided25/0322/TC
Tree works to one copper beech tree comprising 25 to 30 percent canopy reduction, light thinning and slight crown lift
6A High Road Paisley PA2 6AR
Received 2 May 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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