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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 dates11,895Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,775 approved or refused records
379Refused applications
10,396 approved · 379 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/0545/PP
Erection of garden room to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Beith Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1BN
Received 29 Jul 2022 - Decided22/0546/TP
Felling of three trees comprising two sycamore and one beech
8 The Beeches Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UZ
Received 29 Jul 2022 - Decided22/0547/PP
Application for the erection of two rapid (DC) electric vehicle chargers and associated electrical feeder pillar
Public House The Steam Wheeler 1 Row Avenue Renfrew Glasgow G51 4SY
Received 1 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0548/LB
Internal and external alterations including layout amendments and installation of two fan outlets on rear elevation
Flat 0/2 77 Maxwellton Road Paisley PA1 2RB
Received 1 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0550/PP
Formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse
63 Sandy Road Renfrew PA4 0AA
Received 2 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0551/TP
Felling of three trees comprising two cherry and one ash
Site On Northern Boundary Of No 14 Brodie Park Crescent Paisley
Received 2 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0552/PP
External alterations to front, side and rear elevations of dwellinghouse to include formation of bi-fold doors on rear elevation, alteration and replacement of windows and formation of rooflights
Strathgryffe Bankend Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EU
Received 2 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0553/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear, porch to front and raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse
53 Hamilton Crescent Bishopton PA7 5JT
Received 3 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0554/PP
Use of footpath as additional pavement cafe with associated benches and planter barrier.
Unit 21 XSite Braehead King's Inch Road Renfrew PA4 8XQ
Received 3 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0555/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 McConnell Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4EB
Received 4 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0556/CL
Erection of single storey extension to side and formation of window and door to rear of dwellinghouse
65 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DX
Received 4 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0557/PP
Erection of first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse
1 Gryfewood Way Houston Johnstone PA6 7LX
Received 4 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0558/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
3 Woodside Houston Johnstone PA6 7DD
Received 4 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0559/PP
Erection of residential development comprising thirty three dwellinghouses and formation of bund
Area Of Land Between Cartha Crescent And White Cart Water, To The North East Of Blackford Road
Received 4 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0561/AD
Display of three internally illuminated fascia signs, one internally illuminated freestanding entrance sign, one internally illuminated totem sign and three pole mounted flag signs
3 Griffin Avenue Paisley
Received 5 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0562/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse
117 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3LZ
Received 5 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0563/PP
Erection of raised decking to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Aspen Place Johnstone PA5 9QH
Received 8 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0564/CL
Internal and external alterations, and formation of hard surfacing
JCAM RENFREW GP LTD Units 1B To 1E - Block L Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 8 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0565/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
37 Ben Lawers Drive Paisley PA2 7NF
Received 9 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0566/EA
(Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) Regulations (EIADR) proposed decommissioning project at Hunterston B power station (Scoping Opinion)
Hunterston B Site
Received 9 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0567/AD
Display of two non-illuminated fascia signs
Gilmour House 26 Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1EQ
Received 9 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0568/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Kilnknowe Cottages Howwood Johnstone PA9 1AJ
Received 10 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0569/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 2, 4 and 6 of planning permission in principle approval 18/0638/PP, for the erection of a residential development comprising 180 dwellinghouses
Land To South Of St James Interchange Burnside Place Paisley
Received 10 Aug 2022 - Decided22/0570/PP
Erection of vehicle sales and repair building, car parking and associated works
21 Napier Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LW
Received 11 Aug 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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