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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates12,109Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 10,973 approved or refused records
399Refused applications
10,574 approved · 399 refused · 410 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided23/0540/PP
Erection of 2 single storey extensions to rear of dwellinghouse
223 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3JR
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0542/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
14 Crofton Square Renfrew PA4 8YY
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0543/DOC
Discharge of condition 8 (landscape scheme) of planning permission 17/0592/PP - installation of containerised electricity storage facility with associated security columns, boundary fence, landscaping and hard standing
Land Between Shilton Cottage And M898 Shilton Lane Bishopton
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0545/PP
Amendment to residential layout in respect of planning consent 20/0516/PP to incorporate additional block of four flats in place of two dwellinghouses, revised design of eight flats and reconfiguration of road layout, parking and detention basin
Site On South Eastern Boundary Of Nos 19 And 21 Main Road At Newton Drive Elderslie Johnstone
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0546/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
7 Dunvegan Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9NT
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0547/EA
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment relating to the Installation of a ground-mounted solar photovoltaic array development for electrical generation
Locher Works Kilbarchan Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RL
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0548/TP
Removal of one oak tree
19 Station Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YA
Received 3 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0549/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
44 Drumbeg Road Bishopton PA7 5GT
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0550/DOC
Discharge of planinng conditions 1,2,3,4 of planing application 23/0101/PP - demolition of existing dwelling and erection of one and a half storeys dwelling house and integrated garage
Barochan West Lodge Chapel Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7AX
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0551/PP
Construction of active travel cycleway/walkway with associated infrastructure
Site 60 Metres West Of West College Scotland Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0552/LB
Installation of four replacement uPVC doors
Watermill Hotel Lonend Paisley PA1 1SR
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0553/TP
Removal of lower limbs of Redwood tree
7 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0554/TP
Felling of 1 x beech tree and 1 x ash tree
Pamandus 17 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DW
Received 5 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0555/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse. Erection of raised deck to the rear of extension
Torrfield Horsewood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AT
Received 5 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0621/NMV
Non material variation to application 21/1087/PP to amend building elevations and site levels
Land To The North Of Ryefield Avenue Ryefield Place Johnstone Renfrewshire
Received 5 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0557/PP
Erection of kennels to side of dwellinghouse
Barbeg Barochan Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YP
Received 5 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0558/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
41 Millbank Avenue Bishopton PA7 5NE
Received 6 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0559/PP
Erection of two storey link extension between office buildings
2 Marchfield Drive Paisley
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0560/PP
Installation of replacement shopfront
52B High Street Johnstone PA5 8AN
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0561/TP
Pruning of overhanging branches from one oak tree
17 Pettcairn Erskine PA8 7FD
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0563/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Braemar Crescent Paisley PA2 7RY
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0564/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front and rear elevations
1 St Margaret's Avenue Paisley PA3 4DL
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0565/PP
Erection of 25 retirement flats with communal facilities and the conversion of the chapel into 5 retirement flats with associated roads, parking and landscaping.
St Joseph's Nursing Home Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DY
Received 9 Oct 2023 - Decided23/0566/LB
Alterations and conversion of former chapel building to form 5 retirement flats.
St Joseph's Nursing Home Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DY
Received 10 Oct 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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