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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 dates12,148Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,011 approved or refused records
404Refused applications
10,607 approved · 404 refused · 411 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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
- Decided23/0746/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
17 Craw Place Lochwinnoch PA12 4BW
Received 20 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0747/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension to dwelling house
43 Lochinver Crescent Paisley PA2 9EX
Received 20 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0749/AD
Erection of 2 illuminated fascia signs and 4 illuminated totems
Sonas Building 3 King's Inch Place Renfrew PA4 8WF
Received 21 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0751/PP
Formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse
2 West Avenue Renfrew PA4 0SZ
Received 22 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0752/CL
Installation of 3 skylights to rear of dwelling
60 Houstonfield Quadrant Houston Johnstone PA6 7EX
Received 22 Dec 2023 - Decided23/0753/PP
External alterations to elevations and roof of units and installation of lighting, Armco barriers, platts and ramps
Units 1 To 7 Nethercommon Industrial Estate Inchinnan Road Paisley PA3 2RD
Received 25 Dec 2023 - Decided24/0001/LB
Internal alterations to commercial unit
Unit G 18 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0003/PP
Formation of egress road and associated infrastructure works including access, carriageway widening and landscaping
King George V Dock King's Inch Drive Renfrew
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0004/PP
Enlargement of plots 01 - 04 and erection of retaining walls
Former Carsewood Home Hillfoot Drive Howwood Johnstone
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0005/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
46 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DT
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0006/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse including raised terrace
25 Oxford Road Renfrew PA4 0SJ
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided23/0754/NMV
Non material variation to planning application 23/0058/PP comprising adjustment to footprint and facade of building
Hawkhead Hospital Hawkhead Road Paisley PA2 7BL
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0007/EA
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment relating to the installation of a 49MW ground mounted solar photovoltaic array development
Middleton Farm Cottage Middleton Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3AG
Received 9 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0009/PP
Single storey rear extension to ground floor flat, incorporating existing stone wash-house.
31 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AB
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0010/PP
Alterations to shopfront and installation of first floor window
46 High Street Paisley
Received 10 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0012/DOC
Discharge condition 3,4,5,7 and 8 of planning permission 21/1314/PP
Site 300 Metres South West Of Shilton Cottage Old Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0013/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
19-21 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8JH
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0014/AD
Display of two externally illuminated fascia signs and one internally illuminated projecting sign
46 High Street Paisley
Received 11 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0015/PP
Sub-division of warehouse from 5 to 8 units with associated external alterations
12 Sandyford Road Paisley PA3 4HP
Received 12 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0017/PP
Change of use of industrial unit (class 5) to gym (class 11)
11 Fulbar Road Paisley PA1 2XR
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0018/PP
Change of use of retail unit (Class 1) to hot food takeaway (Sui generis) and erection of flue
Unit D 12 Springbank Road Paisley PA3 2PA
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0019/PP
Erection of garden room
46 Glebe Street Renfrew PA4 8UA
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0020/DOC
Discharge of condition 8 for planning application 23/0224/PP for the installation of buried cable connection and HV yard, and repositioning of site access.
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 15 Jan 2024 - Decided24/0021/TP
Fell cherry tree
58 Balgonie Avenue Paisley PA2 9LP
Received 15 Jan 2024
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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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