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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 dates11,460Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 10,365 approved or refused records
346Refused applications
10,019 approved · 346 refused · 382 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas8 mapped area records
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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
- Decided22/0010/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, formation of doorway on side elevation and alteration to raised patio to include formation of steps
19 Lomond Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HJ
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0011/PP
Formation of tarmac driveway to front of dwellinghouse
Lismore 29 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SE
Received 7 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0012/PP
Erection of garage within curtilage of dwellinghouse
23 Millfield Crescent Erskine PA8 6JE
Received 10 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0013/LB
Shopfront alterations
Unit A 18 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 10 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0014/PP
Shopfront alterations.
Unit A 18 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 10 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0015/PP
Change of use from domestic garage (class 9) to office (class 4)
119 Old Greenock Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PH
Received 10 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0017/PP
Partial change of use to veterinary practice and external alterations
75 King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4FB
Received 11 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0018/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of property.
Onich 16A Woodside Road Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UB
Received 11 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0019/AD
Display of one non-illuminated advertisement
Ferguslie Cricket Club 30 Corsebar Road Paisley PA2 9PJ
Received 12 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0020/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Camphill Gardens Bishopton PA7 5DQ
Received 13 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0021/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
50 Glenpatrick Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AG
Received 14 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0023/TP
Felling of seven trees comprising five ash, one cherry and one elm and crown raising of one sycamore tree
27 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 14 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0024/PP
Formation of access path
Site On Eastern Boundary Of Nos 52 To 60 Beardmore Cottages Inchinnan
Received 14 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0025/PP
Installation of photovoltaic panels on roof with associated infrastructure
Westward House 13-17 St James Street Paisley PA3 2HJ
Received 14 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0026/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 7 of planning permission in principle 06/0602/PP - Design Code amendment relating to the village centre
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 17 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0027/PP
Addition of two flues to side of dwellinghouse
105 Umachan Erskine PA8 7FG
Received 17 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0028/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
23 Peockland Gardens Johnstone PA5 8AU
Received 18 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0029/TP
Removal of growth from lower trunk and canopy deadwood from Lime trees
Lochhead Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 18 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0030/PP
Siting of residential caravan for temporary period of 3 years (in retrospect)
Land To North Of East Auchenhean Auchenhean Road Lochwinnoch
Received 18 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0031/AG
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Site 400 Metres North East Of Laigh Auchencloich Farm House Auchencloich Road Kilbarchan Johnstone
Received 18 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0032/PP
Erection of raised decking and alteration to roof on rear elevation of dwellinghouse
Beaufort Tandlehill Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2DD
Received 19 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0033/PP
Erection of boundary wall to front of car park area
27 Ferguslie Paisley PA1 2QU
Received 19 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0034/PP
External alterations comprising replacement of entrance doors and repainting of shopfront
6-8 High Street Paisley PA1 2YA
Received 20 Jan 2022 - Decided22/0035/LB
External and internal alterations comprising removal of internal wall, replacement of entrance doors, and repainting of shopfront
6-8 High Street Paisley PA1 2YA
Received 20 Jan 2022
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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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