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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 dates13,657Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,433 approved or refused records
512Refused applications
11,921 approved · 512 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 decision26/0687/PP
Change of use from shop (Class 1A) to cafe (Class 3) and associated external alterations alongside installation of external flue to rear and side of building
Unit A 78 Seedhill Road Paisley PA1 1QT
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Unknown19/03/RCC
new construction of road and footpaths
Church Street Lochwinnoch
Received 14 Aug 2019 - Unknown19/07/RCC
construction of new road & parking to serve 9 new dwellings
Land Of Espedair Street, Paisley, Adjecent To Rowan Wynd
Received 9 Sept 2019 - Unknown19/08/RCC
Construction of new carriageways and footways
Millar Stone Drive, Paisley
Received 27 May 2019 - Unknown19/09/RCC
construction of new road and exisiting road extension
Skye Crescent, Paisley, PA2 8EP
Received 7 Aug 2019 - Unknown19/11/RCC
Construction of roads, and associated footways, verges, and parking bays
Bishoption H25 S2/S3 Phase 1
Received 9 Oct 2019 - Unknown19/12/RCC
Construction of roads, and associated footways, verges and parking bays
Bishopton H25 S2/S3 Phase 2
Received 9 Oct 2019 - Unknown19/13/RCC
Construction of roads and associated footways, verges, and parking bays
Bishopton 525 S2/S3 Phase 3
Received 9 Oct 2019 - Unknown19/14/RCC
Construction of roads and assocaited footways verges and parking bays
Bishopton H25 S2/S3 Phase 4
Received 9 Oct 2019 - Unknown19/15/RCC
Construction of new roads, associated footways, verges, and pakring bays
Bishopton Common Works Area
Received 9 Oct 2019 - Unknown19/16/RCC
New constrcution of roads and footways
Amochrie Road, Paisley, PA2 0AJ
Received 16 Dec 2019 - Unknown19/17/RCC
Construction of new roads and footways and associated infrastructure as part of the proposed 49 unit residential development.
Wright Street, PA4 8AN
Received 2 Aug 2019 - Awaiting decision26/0690/AD
Advertisements comprising of the installation of 1 no. fascia sign and 1 no. projecting sign
21 School Wynd Paisley PA1 2DA
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0691/CL
Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed development for internal reconfigurations to relocate utility to within internal garage and the installation of patio doors to rear elevation of dwellinghouse
6 Patrickbank View Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9UB
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0692/TC
Notification under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 for treeworks comprising of cutting and trimming back of branches of 14 no. Lime trees
Path Leading To Church Street Grasshead Verge At Lochhead Avenue Lochwinnoch
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0693/TP
Treeworks comprising removal of 1 no. Goat Willow tree, 1 no. Hazel tree and group of young Beech, Hawthorn and Sycamore trees, alongside maintenance works to include pruning, removal of dead branches and crown reduction of 1 no. Wych Elm tree, 1 no. Common Oak tree, 1 no. Sessile Oak tree, 1 no. Common Beech and 1 no. Sycamore tree, plus additional removal of young Willow and Sycamore regeneration from old stumps.
79 Balmoral Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9RA
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0694/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Percy Road Renfrew PA4 8AZ
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0695/PP
Change of use of existing commercial office (Class 4) to a residential flat (Sui Generis).
56A Glen Street Paisley PA3 2JE
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0696/PP
Erection of single storey sunroom extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Parkhill Drive Lochwinnoch PA12 4EN
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0697/PP
Installation of driveway to front garden of flatted dwelling
21 Crags Crescent Paisley PA2 6QX
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0703/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear and porch to front of dwellinghouse
85 Clydesdale Avenue Paisley PA3 4JW
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0704/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
29 Don Drive Paisley PA2 0AF
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Decided26/0705/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
115 Craigton Drive Bishopton PA7 5FT
Received 4 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision26/0706/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
10 Viewfield Avenue Lochwinnoch PA12 4EE
Received 4 Sept 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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