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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.
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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 dates12,507Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,348 approved or refused records
427Refused applications
10,921 approved · 427 refused · 424 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0512/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
45 Hallidale Crescent Renfrew PA4 0YA
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/0514/FUR
Section 42 application to remove Condition 6 (details and design of retaining wall) and vary Condition 10 (Details and design of all walls and fences) of planning permission 19/0456/PP
Yard A Station Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/0515/PP
Erection of canopy structure over loading docks and installation of associated infrastructure and equipment to the side of building
Unit 3 Westway Barnwell Street Paisley PA3 2EW
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0516/PP
Installation of 1 no. advertised communication hub unit with defibrillators
Site 5 Metres South Of No 4 High Street Paisley
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0517/PP
Installation of 1 no. advertised communication hub unit with defibrillators
Site On Northern Boundary Of No 13 High Street Paisley
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0518/AD
Installation of advertisements on a communication hub unit
Site On Northern Boundary Of No 13 High Street Paisley
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0519/AD
Installation of advertisements on a communication hub unit
Site 5 Metres South Of No 4 High Street Paisley
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0520/TC
Tree works comprising of felling of 26 Sitka Spruce
33 Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ES
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0521/AD
Installation of 20 no. internally illuminated wall signs
Centre Management Offices Braehead Shopping Centre King's Inch Road Renfrew Glasgow G51 4BN
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0522/PP
Erection of garden room
3 Main Road Paisley PA2 6AH
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0523/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for use of unit as Class 6 (Storage and Distribution)
3 Argyll Avenue Renfrew PA4 9EB
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0524/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use/Development relating to use of garage as a home office with associated external alterations comprising of removal of garage door and addition of a window and patio doors
28 Glenhouse Crescent Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9BT
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0525/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front
4 Millfield Drive Erskine PA8 6JA
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0527/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear, dormers to the side and associated alterations to dwellinghouse
30 Duchray Drive Paisley PA1 3BP
Received 7 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0528/PP
Erection of a single storey side extension with associated decking area
15 Churchill Drive Bishopton PA7 5HB
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0529/PP
Repositioning of oil tank to rear garden and associated alterations
The Doocot House Formakin Estate Houston Road Bishopton PA7 5NX
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0530/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of conditions 5 (substation), 7 (landscape strategy),11 (drainage) and 15 (Footpath upgrades, Swept Path Analysis, Refuse Collection and Travel Plan)of planning permission 24/0494/PP
Site On Southern Boundary Of M8 At Montgomery Avenue And Montgomery Road Paisley
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0531/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of condition 9 (Closure, Restoration and Aftercare Management Plan) of planning permission 24/0221/PP
49 Burnbrae Road Linwood Paisley
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0532/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of conditions 3 (outline decommissioning, site restoration and aftercare strategy) and 8 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of planning permission 24/0248/PP
Former Water Treatment Works Middleton Road Linwood Paisley
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0534/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of condition 22 (location and design of security lighting) of Section 42 application 23/0431/PP
Site Between Nether Southbar And East Fulwood Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0535/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of condition 19 (finishing materials and colour of substations, inverters, transformers, office/welfare building or other building, plant and equipment) of Section 42 application 23/0431/PP
Site Between Nether Southbar And East Fulwood Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0536/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of planning conditions 2 (Site Investigation and Remediation Strategy),6 (Ventilation and Filtration System Scheme), 7 (Floodlight Survey), 8 (Boundary Treatments), 9 (Soft and Water Landscaping Works), 11 (Pedestrian crossing) 12 (Swept Path Analysis) and 13 (Site Access and Egress Design) of planning permission 24/0872/PP
Former Royal Ordnance Site - Area E1 Station Road Bishopton
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0537/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of condition 13 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) of Section 42 application 23/0431/PP
Site Between Nether Southbar And East Fulwood Greenock Road Inchinnan
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/0539/PP
Installation of shutters
Unit A 67 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YT
Received 9 Jul 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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