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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.
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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 dates12,056Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,922 approved or refused records
395Refused applications
10,527 approved · 395 refused · 409 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/0116/PP
Change of use from storage and distribution (Class 6) to group fitness training (Class 11)
15 McFarlane Street Paisley PA3 1RY
Received 8 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0118/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
53 Oakridge Crescent Paisley PA3 1RT
Received 8 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0119/PP
Change of use of site sales office and show home to two dwellinghouses
Barratt Homes Sales Office Mulberry Square Renfrew
Received 8 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0120/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
5 Kemp Avenue Paisley PA3 4JS
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0121/TC
Crown lifting of lime tree and removal of conifer.
Shakeston Main Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EL
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0122/PP
Installation of one EV fast charger unit and one EV media charging unit (in retrospect)
9 East Lane Paisley PA1 1QA
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0123/AD
Display of two non illuminated flags and one internally illuminated EV media charger screen (in retrospect).
9 East Lane Paisley PA1 1QA
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0124/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
43 Montrose Road Paisley PA2 0LR
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0125/TC
Removal of two lower side branches from Chestnut tree
11 High Road Paisley PA2 6AP
Received 9 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0126/PP
Formation of dormers on rear elevation of dwellinghouse and two rooflights on front elevation and erection of detached single storey outbuilding to rear
Meltham South Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EN
Received 13 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0127/PP
Erection of single storey extension and garage to rear of dwellinghouse
22 Marjory Road Renfrew PA4 8BG
Received 13 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0128/PP
Erection of 30 glamping pods, access road and associated works.
Site 110 Metres North East Of Nos 1 - 17 Gleddoch Wynd Langbank
Received 13 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0129/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
31 Renshaw Road Bishopton PA7 5HN
Received 13 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0130/TE
Installation of telecommunications equipment
Site 50 Metres North West Of No 450 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 13 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0131/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
105 Kirkfield Gardens Renfrew PA4 8JA
Received 13 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0132/PP
Enlargement of existing window opening to form door to side of flat
Flat 0/2 8 Jessiman Square Renfrew PA4 8EB
Received 15 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0133/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised terrace to rear of dwellinghouse.
Glencoe Cottage Hagg Crescent Johnstone PA5 8TA
Received 15 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0134/PP
Erection of porch and formation of two dormers to front of dwellinghouse and erection of two storey extension and formation of dormer to rear
17 Ballater Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QD
Received 16 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0136/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 24 flats (within two four storey blocks) and associated access, parking, and landscaping.
Site On North Western Boundary Of No 2 Row Avenue Renfrew
Received 16 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0137/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
15 Littleston Gardens Erskine PA8 6HP
Received 16 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0138/TP
Removal of four sycamore trees
17 Leeburn Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7DN
Received 16 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0139/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
18 Lounsdale Grove Paisley PA2 9LU
Received 20 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0140/PP
Erection of industrial shed for storage and servicing of vehicles
Wellington Street Paisley
Received 20 Mar 2023 - Decided23/0141/AG
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential)
Meiklefield Farm Barochan Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7BT
Received 20 Mar 2023
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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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