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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.
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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 dates13,584Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,363 approved or refused records
507Refused applications
11,856 approved · 507 refused · 474 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision26/0550/PP
Extension and alterations to existing warehouse and office building and formation of area for delivery facilities
45 Kilpatrick Drive Erskine PA8 7AF
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0551/PP
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
14 Roffey Park Road Paisley PA1 3JL
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0552/CL
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
2 Elie Drive Bishopton PA7 5RD
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0553/TP
Treeworks comprising of pruning and removal of dead branches of 1 no. Cherry tree
Moredun Lodge Stanely Road Paisley PA2 6HF
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0555/NMV
Non Material Variation to planning permission 24/0495/PP to remove parking to the amenity space at the corner of Craigview Avenue and Highcraig Avenue, reposition sprinkler tank and substation on Dundonald Avenue, mirror Block 10 and Block 12, move step in Block Type K1 to opposite side of block, change Block 11 from Block Type K1 to K, remove communal cycle storage and add cycle storage shed to each dwelling rear garden.
Former Cochrane Castle Primary School Craigview Avenue Johnstone
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0556/NMV
Non Material Variation to planning permission 24/0494/PP to remove second sprinkler tank to the west of the site, add electrical substation adjacent to pedestrian path to Arkleston Road on east side of the site, add access track around SUDS basin, reduce extent of 3m acoustic fence, amend bin collection points to Blocks 5 and 25, move step in Block Type K1 to opposite side of block and remove communal cycle storage and add cycle storage shed to each dwelling rear garden
Site On Southern Boundary Of M8 At Montgomery Avenue And Montgomery Road Paisley
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0557/NMV
Non Material Variation to planning permission 20/0510/PP for standard garage conversion for plot 58, plot 226 and plot 228
Former Thornly Park Campus Caplethill Road Paisley
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0562/PIP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a dwellinghouse with associated access
9 Branscroft Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LU
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0563/TP
Treeworks comprising of crown thinning of 1 no. Ash tree
17 Ravenscraig Avenue Paisley PA2 9QL
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0564/AD
Installation of a box sign
Unit 15 Blythswood Industrial Estate West Lodge Road Renfrew PA4 9EN
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0566/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 to remove diseased Lime tree and thin beech tree
14 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RA
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Unknown21/01/RCC
Construction of Roads and footpaths to serve a residential development of 79 Houses.
Reid Linwood Building 48 Napier Street Linwood Paisley
Received 17 Feb 2021 - Unknown21/03/RCC
Construction of new Roads, Footways, and Verges
Land Off Barrancarry Road, Bishopton
Received 13 May 2021 - Unknown21/04/RCC
New access road for 9 residential development
Moss Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3LY
Received 4 Jun 2021 - Awaiting decision26/0569/AD
Installation of double-sided digital static image diplay advertisement to be attached to bus shelter
Bus Shelter At Land Outside Renfrew Road At No 62 Paisley PA3 4QD
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0570/AD
Installation of double-sided digital static image diplay advertisement to be attached to bus shelter
Land Outside Renfrew Rd E Side Opp + N/O Hamilton St, PA3 4BG
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0571/PP
Erection of two storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
159 Slateford Road Bishopton PA7 5ND
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0572/PP
Change of use of vacant industrial building to Class 11 (Assembly and Leisure) for use as an indoor golf facility with associated cafe and external alterations
APP WHOLESALE LTD 50 Kelvin Avenue Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4LT
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0573/PA
Prior Notification for demolition of dwellinghouse
St Mary's School House 27 Newton Street Paisley PA1 2RN
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0574/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
47 Penilee Road Paisley PA1 3EU
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Unknown21/05/RCC
New construction at residential housing development
Land At Colinslee Works Neilston Road Paisley
Received 15 Sept 2021 - Decided26/0578/PP
Change of use of former beauty and hairdressing salon (Class 1A) to 2 residential dwellings and associated external alterations
8 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6LN
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0581/PP
Erection of a single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
10 Parkvale Drive Erskine PA8 7LD
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/0583/PP
Change of use of of an amusement arcade (Sui Generis) to a cafe (Class 3)
Unit C 48 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YH
Received 28 Jul 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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