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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 dates13,570Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,349 approved or refused records
504Refused applications
11,845 approved · 504 refused · 474 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 2006 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/0464/NMV
Non-material variation to Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions application 24/0907/AMC comprising of external wall finish alterations from steel and stonework to render, roof finish altered from metal to slate and surface water attenuation tank altered to SuDS pond
Site 500 Metres South West Of Undercraig Farm House Gallahill Road Langbank
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0465/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for formation of lined earth bank slurry lagoon with associated safety fence
Wellees Farm House Kilallan Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7HQ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0466/TP
Treeworks comprising felling of 1 no. Weeping Ash tree and removal of deadwood from 1 no. Weeping Ash tree
North Lodge Fountain Gardens Love Street Paisley PA3 2DZ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0467/NMV
Non Material Variation of approved planning permission 25/0883/PP relating to increase of the proposed group shelter from a floor area of 28 square metres (7m x 4m) to a floor area of 32.4 square metres (9 x 3.6m)
Aird's Meadow Visitor Centre Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JF
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0470/PA
Prior Approval for replacement windows
3 Church Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AD
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0471/TP
Treeworks comprising removal of deadwood from four pedunculate oak trees, felling of one sycamore tree and additional removal of storm-damaged trees, hung-up trees and ash trees with stage 2 ash dieback from woodland area
DXC TECHNOLOGY DXC Technology Offices Erskine Ferry Road Bishopton PA7 5PP
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0472/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
71 Dunchurch Road Paisley PA1 3EX
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0476/TC
Treeworks comprising of crown lifting of 5 no. Lime trees and 1 no. Sycamore tree, removal of deadwood and clear branches of 1 no. Oak tree, crown reduction of 1 no. Yew tree and trimming of conifer hedge
2 High Road Paisley PA2 6AR
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0478/AD
Display of 2 x internally illuminated fascia signs (individual lettering) and 2 x internally illuminated logo wall signs
Centre Management Offices Braehead Shopping Centre King's Inch Road Renfrew Glasgow G51 4BN
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0480/PP
Erection of single storey side and rear extensions to dwellinghouse
79 Bathgo Avenue Paisley PA1 3DZ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0481/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
26 Allanton Avenue Paisley PA1 3BL
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0482/PP
Erection of a single storey side and rear extension to dwellinghouse
40 Fulwood Avenue Linwood Paisley PA3 3HH
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0483/PP
Installation of new jet wash facility to comprise car washing equipment, protective screens, floodlight, adjacent car bay and 2-stage wash down and silt separator alongside associated alterations
Shell Centreholm Roundabout Erskine PA8 6EY
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0484/CL
Certificate of lawfulness of proposed development for installation of electrical upstands for recharging vehicles, substation and associated equipment
Car Park Adjacent To Tesco Express Mirren Court Overflow Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0485/AD
Installation of 4 no. advertisements comprising of 3 no. internally illuminated fascia signs and 1 no. projecting sign
Unit 3B XSite Braehead King's Inch Road Renfrew PA4 8XQ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0486/CL
Certificate of lawfulness of existing development for conversion of two flatted dwellings into one single dwellinghouseDOMESTIC SINGLE DWELLING PREVIOUSLY CONVERTED FLATS IN 1983 BACK INTO ONE SINGLE DWELLING IN 2009
33 Paisley Road Renfrew PA4 8JH
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0487/PP
Erection of a single storey porch extension and single story rear extension to dwellinghouse
43 Haining Road Renfrew PA4 0AH
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0488/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
11 Hugh Mciver Avenue Paisley PA2 7FF
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0490/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of Condition 10 (road/track crossing over Major Hazard Accident Pipeline and associated approved pipeline protection measures) of approved planning permission application 25/0370/PP
Site 350 Metres North East Of Fodstone Farm Kilmacolm Road Bridge Of Weir
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0491/AD
Installation of advertisements comprising of 1 no. illuminated surround sign and 1 no. illuminated logo panel sign associated with Automated Teller Machine (ATM)
12B Bridgewater Shopping Centre Bridgewater Place Erskine PA8 7AA
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0492/PP
Installation of a Automated Teller Machine (ATM) to frontage of unit
12B Bridgewater Shopping Centre Bridgewater Place Erskine PA8 7AA
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0495/PP
Repositioning of existing modular storage cabin unit to rear of site and installation of 3 shipping containers for use as ancillary offices
68 Bridge Street Linwood Paisley PA3 3DR
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0496/PP
Erection of four dwellinghouses and associated access, drainage, and landscaping (amendments to location of dwellinghouses from approved planning permission 24/0846/PP)
Ground A Mill Place Linwood Paisley
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/0497/PP
Erection of detached one and half storey garage/carport to side of dwellinghouse
The Range House Glenpatrick Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9UP
Received 29 Jun 2026
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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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