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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 dates11,575Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 10,471 approved or refused records
354Refused applications
10,117 approved · 354 refused · 387 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/0115/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse within garden ground.
Redclyffe Hazelwood Avenue Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DA
Received 18 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0116/PP
Change of use of dwellinghouse (Class 9) to Class 2 (Financial/Professional), erection of single storey extension and alterations to car park and associated works
West Lodge Kirk Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7AS
Received 18 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0117/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front, roof alterations to rear and erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse
53 Kilgraston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DP
Received 19 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0120/PP
Installation of french doors to side of dwellinghouse
49 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RE
Received 19 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0121/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
61 Loanhead Avenue Linwood Paisley PA3 3QP
Received 19 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0122/PP
Shopfront alterations
301 Gallowhill Road Paisley PA3 4UG
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0123/PP
Shopfront alterations.
Unit B 79 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YU
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0124/PP
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class 9) to short term let accommodation
5 Kingston Road Bishopton PA7 5AY
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0125/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse with associated access (in principle)
Site On Western Boundary Of Marypark Marypark Road Langbank
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0126/TP
Removal of one Beech tree (in retrospect) and felling of four Beech trees
33 Gates Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4HF
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0127/PP
Planning application under Section 42 for the variation of condition 2 of Planning Permission 19/0877/PP in relation to noise mitigation.
Land To South West Of Junction With High Street Macdowall Street Johnstone
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0128/PP
Erection of 2.4 metre fencing surrounding football field and sports complex.
Johnstone Community Sports Complex Greenend Avenue Johnstone PA5 0LE
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0129/PP
Change of use from community facility to residential flat
2 Thomson Street Johnstone PA5 8RZ
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0130/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Dalfoil Court Paisley PA1 3AH
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0131/TP
Height redution by one third of six trees
9 Branscroft Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LU
Received 22 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0132/PP
Erection of farm shop and agricultural storage shed
Site 230 Metres West Of High Hatton Old Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 23 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0133/TP
Removal of one dead oak tree and management works to an additional seven trees
Teucheen Wood Beardmore Cottages Inchinnan
Received 23 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0134/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
25 Duart Drive Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NP
Received 23 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0135/TP
Crown reduction/lift works to two Oak trees, two Lime, one Ash and eight Sycamore trees
Orchard Manor Banchory Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PR
Received 23 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0136/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised deck to side of dwellinghouse
East Tandlemuir Farm House Calderside Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LB
Received 24 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0137/PP
Formation of access
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 24 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0140/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and side of dwellinghouse
2 Tweed Crescent Renfrew PA4 0UF
Received 25 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0141/TP
Removal of one Lime Tree
16 Linn Park Gardens Johnstone PA5 8LH
Received 25 Feb 2022 - Decided22/0142/PP
Demolition of existing office building and erection of sixty seven flats with associated access, landscaping, open space and parking.
2 Lonend Paisley PA1 1SS
Received 25 Feb 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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