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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 dates13,584Searchable 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11,856 approved · 507 refused · 474 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 decision26/0621/LB
Replacement of scottish slate with cupa slates and associated works
Flat 1/1 16 Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ET
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0622/AD
Advertisements comprising of the installation of 1 no. fascia sign and 1no. hanging/projecting sign
Unit B 11 Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1DD
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0623/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for treeworks comprising of shaping of 3 no. Lime tree and 1 no. Sycamore tree
10/1 High Road Paisley PA2 6AR
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0624/TP
Treeworks comprising reduction of 3 no. Sycamore trees
Hightrees Chapel Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7HP
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0625/PP
Change of use of from Class 3 (restaurant) to betting shop (Sui Generis) and associated external alterations
Unit B 11 Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1DD
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0626/PP
External alterations to cladding and window openings associated with care home wing
Montrose Day Centre Heriot Avenue Paisley PA2 0DN
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0627/NMV
Non Material Variation to Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions application 26/0262/AMC comprising of introduction of dedicated tenant plant areas to rear of commercial units (incorporating metal screening enclosures) and associated reconfiguration of parking to accommodate it, replacement of centralised refuse storage to individual storage facilities for each unit, revisions to internal/external layout of District Heating Network Energy Centre and refinement of external appearance of building including introduction of louvred panels and architectural details, revision of landscaping to increase soft landscaping, reduce trees and street furniture within the public realm and remove bespoke seating.
Netherton Farm Abbotsinch Road Renfrew PA4 9PA
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0628/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of Condition 2 (Bird Hazard Management Plan) of planning permission 26/0086/PP
16 - 18 Fountain Crescent Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RE
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0629/PP
Erection of a single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
3 Churchill Drive Bishopton PA7 5HB
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0630/LB
Replace existing original windows with new double glazed UPVC windows with two opening side windows and one central static panel
The Grange Park Road Johnstone PA5 8LS
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0631/PP
Erection of single storey side link extension connecting dwellinghouse to annex
Warlock Gates Farm Bridesmill Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4HR
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0632/AMC
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 7 of planning permission in principle 06/0602/PP - Design Code relating to development plot C2
Plot C2 Of Southern Gateway
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0633/TP
Treeworks comprising pollarding of 1 no. Chestnut tree and 1 no. Black Alder tree, and removal of 1 no. Common Juniper tree
44 Balgonie Avenue Paisley PA2 9LP
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0634/TP
Treeworks comprising of removal of 1 no. Ash tree and 1 no. Sycamore tree
29 Shillingworth Place Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DY
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0635/TP
Treeworks comprising of reduction in height and width of 1 no. Lime tree
22 Park Road Paisley PA2 6JS
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0636/PP
Erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
49 Drinkwater Crescent Renfrew PA4 8GE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0637/PP
Internal reconfigurations to form bedroom and external alterations to form new window opening on the gable end flatted dwelling
Flat 0/1 1 Rossland Place Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5AN
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0639/PP
Amendment to planning permission 23/0719/PP (for installation of containerised energy storage facility) comprising installation of palisade boundary fencing and harmonic filter, repositioning of the auxiliary transformer, spares container and CCTV columns, reduced compound area, reduced switchgear building footprint, revised car parking provision and adjusted landscaping arrangements (in retrospect)
Site 300 Metres South West Of Shilton Cottage Old Greenock Road Bishopton
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0640/CL
Alterations to front elevation of dwellinghouse including change in materials
157 Meikleriggs Drive Paisley PA2 9JL
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0641/AD
Removal of existing outdoor illuminated digital advertising screen and replacement with installation of two outdoor illuminated digital advertisement screens
Main Terminal Building Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0642/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of Condition 2 (Site Investigation and Remediation Strategy), 4 (Glint and Glare Assessment for Solar Panels), 5 (Revised Planting Scheme for Soft and Water Landscape Works), 6 (Revised Planting Scheme to Minimise Bird Attraction/Bird Strike Risk), 7 (Bird Hazard Management Plan), 8 (Ecological Mitigation Measures during winter months), 9 (Cycleway and Footway Improvements), 12 (Forward Sightline Arrangements), 13 (Detailed Design of Access) of approved planning permission 25/0551/PP
Land To South East Of Roundabout Junction With Greenock Road Inchinnan Drive Inchinnan
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/0643/NMV
Non-material variation to planning permission 21/1026/PP to install shutters externally to the building
2 Printers Place Paisley PA2 7RX
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0644/TP
Treeworks to one willow tree comprising removal of lower limb and snapped sections and light lifting of lower branches
26 Loanhead Avenue Linwood Paisley PA3 3QP
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0645/DOC
Request to discharge suspensive aspect of Condition 14 (Green Travel Plan) of Section 42 planning application 25/1052/FUR
Unit 3 - Block F Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 17 Aug 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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