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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 dates12,172Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,035 approved or refused records
408Refused applications
10,627 approved · 408 refused · 411 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided24/0149/AD
Vinyl wrap to front of prescription collection machine
10 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0150/PP
Installation of prescription collection machine in shopfront
10 High Street Paisley PA1 2BS
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0151/CL
Removal of rear ground floor bay window and installation of sliding folding doors
30 Ellon Way Paisley PA3 4BW
Received 23 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0152/PP
Installation of 2no. gable windows to side of dwellinghouse
78 Glenfield Road Paisley PA2 8TE
Received 26 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0153/PP
Erection of up to a 49.9MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
Land Off Barnwell/ Wright Street Renfrew PA4 8AN
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0154/PP
Installation of dormer to side of dwelling house
15 Birchwood Drive Paisley PA2 9ND
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0157/PP
Erection of garage and temporary siting of residential caravan
Land To The Rear Of Meadowbank New Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LN
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0160/PP
Conversion of storage units to form 3 dwellinghouses including external alterations.
Unit C 31 Wellmeadow Street Paisley PA1 2EH
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0161/PP
Erection of 2 x workshop/storage units (in retrospect)
Site On North Western Boundary Of Scrap Yard Rannoch Road Johnstone
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0162/EA
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment relating to the installation of a 49.9MW Battery Energy Storage System
Ground A Wright Street Renfrew
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0163/DOC
Discharge of condition 1 of planning application 23/0347/PP for the erection of a satellite healthcare facility
Former Royal Ordnance Site - Area R2 Station Road Bishopton
Received 27 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0164/LB
Replacement of uPVC rosewood, tilt and turn windows with black woodgrain sash and case uPVC windows
Flat 2/1 7 King Street Paisley PA1 2PP
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0165/PP
Alterations to frontage of dental surgery
46 Bridge Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3DR
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0166/PP
Erection of summer house to rear of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
8 Torridon Drive Renfrew PA4 0US
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0167/DOC
Discharge of conditions 2 and 10 planning application 23/0224/PP for installation of buried cable connection and HV yard, and repositioning of site access.
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0168/PP
Formation of electric vehicle charging hub, substation, access and landscaping
160 Arkleston Road Renfrew PA4 0RA
Received 28 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0169/AD
Display of externally illuminated vinyl wrap surround
4 Saucel Crescent Paisley PA1 1UB
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0170/PP
Installation of automated prescription collection machine and associated alterations to shopfront
4 Saucel Crescent Paisley PA1 1UB
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0171/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front, side and rear of dwelling house
32 Burnside Avenue Brookfield Johnstone PA5 8UT
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0172/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of vet practice and associated works to include alterations to building frontage
KERR VET GROUP Unit A 5 Windsor Place Main Street Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AF
Received 29 Feb 2024 - Decided24/0173/PP
Alterations to shopfront and installation of ATM
30 Wellmeadow Street Paisley PA1 2EA
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/0174/PP
Alteration and change of use of detached annexe to side of dwellinghouse to form short-term let holiday accommodation
141 Corsebar Road Paisley PA2 9NA
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/0175/PP
Erection of upper storey extension above garage and associated alterations
4 Fulton Gardens Houston Johnstone PA6 7NU
Received 1 Mar 2024 - Decided24/0176/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwelling house
5 Kinpurnie Road Paisley PA1 3HH
Received 4 Mar 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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