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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 dates11,982Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,854 approved or refused records
389Refused applications
10,465 approved · 389 refused · 403 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Apr 2009 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided22/0707/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
17 Avondale Drive Paisley PA1 3TN
Received 17 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0708/AD
Display of one non-illuminated banner sign
14-20 Forbes Place Paisley PA1 1UT
Received 17 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0709/PP
Change of use of shop (Class 1) to cafe (Class 3), alterations to rear elevation and installation of flue (in retrospect)
21 Canal Street Renfrew PA4 8QE
Received 17 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0710/NA
Erection of 3 wind turbines of up to 150m to tip, and associated infrastructure (Neighbour Authority Consultation)
Ardeer Peninsula Ardeer Stevenston Ayrshire KA20 3LR
Received 17 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0711/AD
Display of three internally illuminated fascia signs, one non-illuminated freestanding sign, two internally illuminated totem signs, five non-illuminated flags and one internally illuminated mast
454 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4XY
Received 18 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0712/PP
External alterations to building
Pavilion 3 12 Marchburn Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2SJ
Received 18 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0713/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign
Pavilion 3 12 Marchburn Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2SJ
Received 18 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0715/PP
Enlargement of dormer and installation of patio doors to front of dormer
Flat A 1A Moss Street Paisley PA1 1BG
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0716/TP
Crown lifting and stripping back of 5 Sycamore trees and clearing overhanging branches of 1 Ash tree.
39 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0717/TP
Removal of two conifers
157 Willow Drive Johnstone PA5 0AH
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0718/LB
Enlargement of dormer and installation of patio doors to front of dormer
Flat A 1A Moss Street Paisley PA1 1BG
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0719/PP
Change of use and subdivision of public house (sui generis) to form two units for Class 1 (retail) and Class 2 (Financial and Professional Services) use with associated alterations to frontage.
Clancy's 31 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UL
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0720/PP
Erection of single storey extension and associated operations to rear of dwellinghouse
33 Elmbank Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YT
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0721/TP
Felling of two Beech trees
Knapdale East End Lochwinnoch PA12 4ER
Received 19 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0722/AD
Display of one 48-sheet digital advert
30 Abercorn Street Paisley
Received 20 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0723/TP
Crown lift and crown reduction by 30%
32 Spruce Avenue Johnstone PA5 9RE
Received 20 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0726/PP
Formation of dormers to front and sides of dwellinghouse
27 Bourne Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PP
Received 24 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0727/LB
Temporary removal of weathervane and associated stonework from steeple in order to undertake repairs, with temporary sealing installed in meantime to include application of code 8 lead
Main Building Oakshaw Trinity Church Church Hill Paisley PA1 2DB
Received 24 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0729/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
99A Castle Gardens Paisley PA2 9RA
Received 25 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0730/TP
Removal of one ash tree and crown reduction by 50% of one willow tree
27 Birch Crescent Johnstone PA5 0DD
Received 25 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0731/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation. Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
78 Laymoor Avenue Renfrew PA4 8BS
Received 26 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0732/TP
Various works to multiple trees including felling of one Horse Chestnut and crown reduction of one Sycamore and one Ash
Main Building And Grounds Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley PA2 7DE
Received 26 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0733/LB
Replacement of damaged slates
Abercorn House 79 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4DA
Received 27 Oct 2022 - Decided22/0734/PP
Conversion of garages to office, storage and recreation space
Vigilant House 72 Inchinnan Road Paisley PA3 2RE
Received 27 Oct 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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