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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 dates11,743Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
97%Approval rate · 10,633 approved or refused records
362Refused applications
10,271 approved · 362 refused · 392 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/0325/EA
Request for Screening Opinion for erection of 119 dwellinghouses, access road and associated infrastructure
Land To The South And West Of Kings Inch Road/East Of Laymoor Avenue Braehead Renfrew PA4 8BN
Received 5 May 2022 - Decided22/0327/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
7 Corsebar Drive Paisley PA2 9QB
Received 9 May 2022 - Decided22/0328/PP
Replacement windows
Sherwood Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AW
Received 10 May 2022 - Decided22/0329/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear and installation of rooflight in retrospect
Beijing Banquet 200 Arkleston Road Renfrew PA4 0RA
Received 10 May 2022 - Decided22/0330/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
Lindenlee Old Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5PA
Received 10 May 2022 - Decided22/0331/PP
Erection of Roadside Services, comprising Petrol Filling Station (PFS) & Ancillary Retail Unit, 2 x Class 3 (Food & Drink) Cafe/Restaurant Units with Drive-Thru Facilities, Access, Parking and Associated Works
Land South Of St James Interchange Junction 29 Of M8 Adjacent To A726 /West March Road Paisley.
Received 11 May 2022 - Decided22/0332/PP
Change of use of bookmakers (Class 1A) to hot food takeaway (sui generis) and installation of extract grill
23 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UH
Received 11 May 2022 - Decided22/0333/PP
Construction of a link road with associated landscaping between development plots S3 and W9-W11
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 11 May 2022 - Decided22/0334/TC
Felling to ground level of three ash trees and reduction to three metres of four further ash trees
21 Kilmacolm Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7HR
Received 11 May 2022 - Decided22/0337/EA
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment relating to the development of a battery energy storage system
Former Gasholder Station At Junction With Underwood Road Well Street Paisley
Received 12 May 2022 - Decided22/0339/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
15 Marjory Road Renfrew PA4 8BG
Received 13 May 2022 - Decided22/0341/PP
Erection of carport to front of detached outbuilding
Newstead Montrose Terrace Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DD
Received 13 May 2022 - Decided22/0342/PP
Installation of single skin overcladding to rear wall
Unit 20 32 Napier Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3AJ
Received 16 May 2022 - Decided22/0343/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of flatted dwelling. Partial infilling of window on rear elevation
Bethel Main Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XP
Received 16 May 2022 - Decided22/0344/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
124 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3LX
Received 16 May 2022 - Decided22/0345/PP
Erection of residential development comprising eighty flats and thirty nine dwellinghouses and formation of roads, infrastructure, open space amenity.
Site On Southern Edge Of Roundabout Junction With Laymoor Avenue King's Inch Road Renfrew
Received 17 May 2022 - Decided22/0346/PP
Installation of replacement shopfront
Unit 3 3 George Street Johnstone PA5 8SL
Received 17 May 2022 - Decided22/0347/TP
Felling of two Ash and one Cypress trees and pruning works to one Beech
Knapdale East End Lochwinnoch PA12 4ER
Received 17 May 2022 - Decided22/0348/PP
Change of use from open space to private garden and erection of 1.8m high boundary fence
17 Camps Crescent Renfrew PA4 0YR
Received 17 May 2022 - Decided22/0349/PP
Erection of decking (in retrospect) and boundary fence to rear of dwellinghouse
47 Merchiston Oval Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8XA
Received 17 May 2022 - Decided22/0350/TP
Removal of three sycamore trees
24 Balgonie Avenue Paisley PA2 9LP
Received 18 May 2022 - Decided22/0351/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
56 Marchfield Avenue Paisley PA3 2QD
Received 18 May 2022 - Decided22/0353/AD
Display of 2 no. fascia signs and 2 no. digital screens
Units 11 And 12 Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Paisley PA1 2AB
Received 19 May 2022 - Decided22/0354/PP
Shopfront alterations
Units 11 And 12 Phoenix Retail Park Linwood Paisley
Received 19 May 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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