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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 dates11,170Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 10,089 approved or refused records
329Refused applications
9,760 approved · 329 refused · 378 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 May 2009 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/1239/AD
Display of one internally illuminated ATM surround sign
Unit B 6 Gordon Street Paisley Renfrewshire PA1 1XE
Received 25 May 2021 - Decided21/1240/PP
Installation of ATM at shop frontage in retropsect
Unit B 6 Gordon Street Paisley Renfrewshire PA1 1XE
Received 25 May 2021 - Decided21/1241/TP
Treeworks to thirty trees
Sites At Cairnmaith And On North Western Boundary Of Teucheen Circle Erskine Renfrewshire
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided21/1242/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side and single storey extension (with basement area) to rear of dwellinghouse. Erection of raised deck and steps to rear of extension
29 Lochore Avenue Paisley Renfrewshire PA3 4BY
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided21/1243/PP
Formation of dormers to rear and erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
3 Kingslea Road Houston Johnstone Renfrewshire PA6 7ER
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided21/1244/PP
Erection of single storey side extension
19 Merlinford Drive Renfrew Renfrewshire PA4 8XP
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided21/1245/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
118 Meikleriggs Drive Paisley Renfrewshire PA2 9JN
Received 26 May 2021 - Decided21/1246/AD
Display of two internally illuminated totem signs
57 Renfrew Road Paisley Renfrewshire PA3 4DS
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1247/TP
Felling of one oak tree and crown reduction work to one oak tree
Sites On Western Boundary Of No 2 Glen Gavin Way Paisley Renfrewshire
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1248/PP
Proposed change of use of yard to beer garden.
Luna Rossa Canal Street Renfrew Renfrewshire PA4 8QE
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1249/PP
Installation of 18 metre telecom pole with wrap around base cabinet, 6no. new equipment cabinets and ancillary development
Land 120 Metres South Of Junction With Maxwellton Street And Corsebar Road Lounsdale Road Paisley Renfrewshire
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1250/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
124 Mainscroft Erskine Renfrewshire PA8 7AP
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1251/PP
Change of use from Class 2 offices to two residential flats.
27 Glasgow Road Paisley Renfrewshire PA1 3PA
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1252/PP
Erection of residential garage
Ardgryffe Manor Craigends Road Houston Johnstone Renfrewshire PA6 7BB
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1253/LB
Installation of pv panels to dwellinghouse
Ardgryffe Manor Craigends Road Houston Johnstone Renfrewshire PA6 7BB
Received 27 May 2021 - Decided21/1254/PP
Change of use and sub-division of restaurant (Class 3) to provide one drive-thru unit and one drive-to unit (Use Class 3 / Sui Generis), single storey extension to building and associated external alterations to building and parking arrangements.
Unit A 1 Pegasus Avenue Paisley Renfrewshire PA1 2BH
Received 28 May 2021 - Unknown21/1255/TP
Felling of one sycamore tree
10 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone Renfrewshire PA5 9DA
Received 28 May 2021 - Decided21/1256/PP
Erection of single storey classroom extension to existing school building.
Kirklandneuk Primary School Ard Road Renfrew Renfrewshire PA4 9DA
Received 28 May 2021 - Decided21/1257/PP
Formation of dormer to side of dwellinghouse
1 Laighpark Avenue Bishopton Renfrewshire PA7 5BH
Received 31 May 2021 - Decided21/1259/PP
Erection of two storey side and single storey rear extension
12 Murray Street Renfrew Renfrewshire PA4 8ES
Received 1 Jun 2021 - Decided21/1260/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension.
1 Muirpark Avenue Renfrew Renfrewshire PA4 0SD
Received 2 Jun 2021 - Decided21/1261/PP
Change of use of care home to form a hotel
Abbeycourt Care Centre Blackhall Street Paisley Renfrewshire PA1 1TN
Received 2 Jun 2021 - Decided21/1262/PP
Alteration to rear of dwellinghouse to include installation of rooflight and glazed doors and window alterations
Barnacarry Gryffe Road Bridge Of Weir Renfrewshire PA11 3AL
Received 2 Jun 2021 - Decided21/1263/TP
Pruning works to four sycamores
61 Oakridge Crescent Paisley Renfrewshire PA3 1RT
Received 3 Jun 2021
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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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