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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 dates11,437Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 10,342 approved or refused records
345Refused applications
9,997 approved · 345 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/1758/PP
Formation of dormer to front and rear of dwellinghouse
28 Morar Crescent Bishopton PA7 5DZ
Received 17 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1759/TP
Felling of one beech tree
10 Mar Hall Avenue Bishopton PA7 5QE
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1761/PP
Installation of electricity feeder station and erection of associated fencing
Site 25 Metres South West Of No 212 Whitesbridge Avenue Paisley
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1762/CL
Use of land for the parking and charging of electric buses (class 6)
47 Mcfarlane Street Paisley PA3 1SA
Received 20 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1763/PP
External alterations comprising installation of window, entrance canopy, and cladding.
Bishopton Health Centre Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5AW
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1764/PP
Erection of training facility building and external training structure with associated external works and drainage.
Car Park A Wallneuk Road Paisley
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1765/AD
Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs
Car Park A Wallneuk Road Paisley
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1766/PP
Installation of two transformers, switchgear housing and plant, formation of access road, erection of fencing and associated landscaping works
Site 20 Metres North Of Nos 16 To 22 Station Road Renfrew
Received 21 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1768/PP
Formation of two sets of patio doors and step to rear of flatted dwelling
5 Friarshall Gate Paisley PA2 6LD
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1769/CL
External alterations to conservatory and partial infill of window on rear elevation of dwellinghouse
58 Sandholes Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UU
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1771/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
48 Donaldfield Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JF
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1772/PP
Erection of nursery building
77 Barrhill Road Erskine PA8 6BX
Received 23 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1773/PP
Erection of warehouse bond storage bays
11 Burnbrae Drive Linwood Paisley PA3 3BU
Received 24 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1774/PP
Erection of modular building to provide ancillary facilities for dock-side training.
Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew
Received 27 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1775/PP
Erection of single storey extensions to side and rear of dwellinghouse. Erection of two storey extension to side and rear and raised platform to rear of dwelling
58 Dunchurch Road Paisley PA1 3EX
Received 31 Dec 2021 - Decided21/1776/PP
Erection of porch to front and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
72 Clydesdale Avenue Paisley PA3 4JP
Received 31 Dec 2021 - Decided22/0001/PP
Erection of single storey extension and garage to rear of dwellinghouse. Erection of raised platform to rear of extension
70 Roffey Park Road Paisley PA1 3ET
Received 3 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0002/TC
Crown reduction of nine trees
Coniston Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AJ
Received 3 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0003/TP
Removal of 13 leyland cypress trees
Lynnhurst Hotel Park Road Johnstone PA5 8LS
Received 3 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0004/PP
Change of use from office (Class 2) to residential
Flat 0/2 33 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PA
Received 3 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0005/PP
Conversion and extension of outbuildings to form two dwellinghouses, and erection of 1.5 storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
North Muirdykes Bowfield Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1DA
Received 4 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0007/CL
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
112 Ritchie Park Johnstone PA5 8JJ
Received 6 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0008/TP
Removal of one Ash tree
9A Beatrice Gardens Houston Johnstone PA6 7ES
Received 6 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0009/TC
Pruning of one Kanzan Cherry tree
Site 5 Metres South East Of Square House Harvey Square Lochwinnoch
Received 6 Jan 2022
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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