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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 dates12,581Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,415 approved or refused records
434Refused applications
10,981 approved · 434 refused · 429 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2008 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/0802/NMV
Non-Material Variation to change the roof colour of plot 61 and plot 213 associated with planning permsision 20/0510/PP
Former Thornly Park Campus Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/0803/NMV
Non-Material Variation for garage conversion for plot 279 associated with planning permission 20/0510/PP
Former Thornly Park Campus Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/0804/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive element of Condition 3 (Verification Report) of planning permission 20/0599/PP
Site At Sutherland Street And Underwood Lane Paisley PA1 2SG
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/0807/NMV
Non-Material Variation for addition of post and wire fence along west side of new access and hammerhead (woven wire fence) and addition of new gate at pumping station entrance to match existing gate associated with planning permission 23/0513/PP
Roundabout At Entrance To Rolls Royce Factory Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan
Received 1 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0809/PP
Subdivision of single storey dwelling into two dwellings with two floors and demolition of existing garage, associated external alterations, landscaping, boundary treatment alterations, access and parking
1 St Winnoc Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4ET
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0810/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for installation of rooflights to front and rear roof pitches of flat
20 Fauldshead Road Renfrew PA4 0RY
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0811/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive element of Condition 6.1 (final design of 4m high acoustic fence), 6.2 (specification of upgrade of pedestrian gate on Knockhill Road, detailed design of replacement gate and details of the provision of a footway to connect the pedestrian gate on Knockhill Road) and 6.9 (Bird Hazard Management Plan) of planning permission 23/0153/PP
Unit 3 - Block F Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0812/TP
Treeworks comprising of reduction in height of 2 Goat Willow trees and 1 Silver Birch tree
Site On Northern Boundary Of Nos 4 And 6 Limeview Crescent Paisley
Received 2 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0813/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
97 Bathgo Avenue Paisley PA1 3DZ
Received 3 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0816/NMV
Non-Material Variation for minor adjustments to layout and to internal partitions between business units to planning permission 23/0300/PP
Hamilton House Blackhall Lane Paisley
Received 3 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0818/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 10 of planning permission in principle 17/0394/PP (Site W6 & W8 - Erection of residential development comprising 315 dwellinghouses with associated infrastructure and landscaping)
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0819/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for erection of a detached garage
2 High Cottages Bowfield Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1DB
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0820/PP
Replacement of existing original slate roof with CUPA Heavy 3 slate, replacement of existing rooflight with new conservation style rooflight, and replacement of existing cast iron gutting to front and rear of the property with black uPVC guttering
17 Park View Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LW
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0822/TP
Treeworks comprising pollarding of 4 Lime trees
63 Oakshaw Street West Paisley PA1 2DE
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0823/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to remove of 1 Silver Birch
Flat 1/1 10 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RA
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0825/FUR
Formation of 14 bedrooms and external alterations to hotel (renewal of planning permission 22/0370/PP)
Glynhill Hotel 169 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8XB
Received 6 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0827/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive element of Condition 1 (Bird Hazard Management Plan) of planning permission 24/0186/PP
9 Rocep Way Renfrew PA4 8XT
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0828/PP
Change of use from village hall (Class 11) to private residential dwelling (Class 9) and associated external alterations
Houston Village Hall Main Street Houston Johnstone PA6 7EL
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0829/PA
Prior Notification for demolition of 9 Ladyburn Street, 35-43 McKerrell Street and 8-16 Howard Street
Ladyburn Street Paisley PA1 1PE
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0830/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to reduce height of 4 Spruce trees
Tigh Na Beag Montrose Terrace Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DH
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0834/PP
Use of land for open storage (Class 6), erection of fencing and associated works
West Lodge Road Renfrew
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0835/PP
Erection of residential building (Class 8A) and associated ancillary works, including erection of fencing, landscaping and drainage works
The Kibble School Goudie Street Paisley PA3 2LG
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0836/LB
Replacement of six roogflights
The Doocot House Formakin Estate Houston Road Bishopton PA7 5NX
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/0841/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive element of Condition 6.6 and 6.7. Planning application 23/0153/PP
Unit 3 - Block F Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 10 Oct 2025
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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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