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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 dates12,651Searchable applications
140Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 11,483 approved or refused records
439Refused applications
11,044 approved · 439 refused · 431 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0010/TP
Treeworks comprising selective reduction of limbs from one sycamore tree and one lime tree
21 Linn Park Gardens Johnstone PA5 8LH
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0012/NMV
Non-Material Variation of planning permission 24/0563/PP for omittance of entrance porch, relocation of substation and changes to design of dormers, bike store, boundary treatments, parking layout and footpath layout
The Institute Maxwellton Street Paisley
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0013/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
270 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8AB
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0019/PA
Replacement of existing wooden frame windows with new upvc windows
1 High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4DB
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0021/PP
Siting of a container for storage of golf carts
Golf Course Cochrane Castle Golf Club Scott Avenue Johnstone
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0022/TP
Tree works to five trees to consist of removal of three trees comprising two ash and one cherry, height reduction of one beech tree and reduction to scaffold limb on one lime tree
Linn Park Gardens Johnstone
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0024/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness for the erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
22 Redhurst Lane Paisley PA2 8PZ
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0025/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
9 Bourne Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9PP
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0026/PP
Erection of two storey side and rear extension to dwellinghouse
45 Barshaw Drive Paisley PA1 3SH
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0027/EIASCR
Request for a EIA Screening Opinion for the reconfiguration and realignment of an internal service road to the airport (Bute Road), erection of a two storey infill extension and associated works.
Main Terminal Building Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0028/PP
Erection of two storey side and rear extension to dwellinghouse
92 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AB
Received 15 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0030/PP
Erection of new external covered walkway with associated external security turnstiles alongside alterations to existing external exit ramp and footpaths and kerbs within car park
5 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0031/PP
Erection of single storey extension and associated decking to rear of dwellinghouse
30 Cormorant Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7LW
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0032/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for conversion of existing double garage to a habitable room, infill of garage roller shutter door with masonry wall and two windows
32 Pettcairn Erskine PA8 7FD
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0033/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 comprising of 25-30% canopy reduction of two Sycamore trees
Flat 0/1 4 High Road Paisley PA2 6AR
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0034/PP
Change of Use from Class 10 (former Community Centre) to Class 3 (Cafe) with ancillary hot food takeaway, erection of flue and external alterations
1 Lyon Road Paisley PA2 0NA
Received 19 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0036/TP
Treeworks comprising of the removal of 1 no. Leylandii tree
26 Langside Drive Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EW
Received 20 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0037/LB
Replacement of six timber sash and case windows with UPVC sash and case windows on front elevation
Flat 0/1 78 Maxwellton Road Paisley PA1 2RD
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0039/NMV
Non-Material-Variation to planning permission 25/0748/PP to change the front and rear elevations from brick to render
12 Whitehaugh Drive Paisley PA1 3PJ
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0040/TP
Treeworks comprising of the removal of 3 no. Lime tree, 1 no. Horse Chestnut and 1 no. Sycamore tree (in retrospect)
Main Building And Grounds Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley PA2 7DE
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0041/TP
Treeworks comprising of removal of 1 no. Lime tree
17 Braeview Avenue Paisley PA2 8PU
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0042/PP
Erection of a single storey side annexe extension and decking to the rear of dwellinghouse
20 Rosshall Avenue Paisley PA1 3JZ
Received 21 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0043/TP
Treeworks to comprise removal of two ash trees
9 Fulton Gardens Houston Johnstone PA6 7NU
Received 22 Jan 2026 - Decided26/0044/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extension to dwellinghouse
6 Alloway Avenue Paisley PA2 7DX
Received 22 Jan 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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