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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 dates13,707Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,482 approved or refused records
516Refused applications
11,966 approved · 516 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0671/TP
Work to two oak trees
20 Goldenlee View Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7ED
Received 28 Oct 2020 - Decided19/0836/PP
Erection of seven flats with off street parking and landscaping (Renewal of planning Consent 16/0882/PP)
Land West Of Nos 17A To 17H Hunter Street Paisley
Received 10 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0747/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
36B High Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EQ
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0746/PP
Formation of two dormers to sides of dwellinghouse
33 Dalmahoy Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JB
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0039/EN
Erection of an electrical substation
Car Park A Hunter Street Paisley
Received 28 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0441/PP
Approval of matters specified in Conditions 4 (Contaminated Land), 9 (Development Zone 5) and 14 (Travel Plan) of planning permission in principle 19/0187/PP.
The Gatehouse Westway 35 Porterfield Road Renfrew PA4 8DJ
Received 11 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0438/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Strathcarron Wynd Paisley PA2 7AJ
Received 11 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0271/LB
Internal alterations comprising removal of four war memorials.
St Luke's Church 20 Neilston Road Paisley PA2 6LN
Received 19 May 2020 - Decided20/0270/LB
Erection of single storey extension to the side of dwellinghouse and internal alterations.
Lochside House Lochside Lochwinnoch PA12 4JH
Received 19 May 2020 - Decided20/0269/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
Lochside House Lochside Lochwinnoch PA12 4JH
Received 19 May 2020 - Decided19/0638/PP
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13 and 14 of planning permission in principle 18/0482/PP (erection of business park) for erection of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland and associated works.
Netherton Farm Abbotsinch Road Renfrew PA4 9PA
Received 25 Sept 2019 - Decided20/0719/TP
Felling of one birch tree
Rear Of 1 Woodburn Place Houston
Received 17 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0250/PP
Change of use from open space to garden ground and erection of boundary fence
Land To Rear 4 6 8 Kirtle Drive Renfrew PA4 0YX
Received 11 May 2020 - Decided20/0065/PP
Rear Single storey extension to extend kitchen
7 Bathgo Avenue Paisley PA1 3EB
Received 10 Feb 2020 - Decided19/0784/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and extension of raised access platform
22 Green Road Paisley PA2 9AB
Received 19 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0718/PP
Installation of access ramp
272 Gilmartin Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3ST
Received 21 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0599/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 19 flats and 16 dwellinghouses with associated landscaping, parking and infrastructure.
Site At Sutherland Street And Underwood Lane Paisley
Received 29 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0448/CL
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
38 Cyril Crescent Paisley PA1 1GT
Received 12 Aug 2020 - Decided19/0788/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
9 Gadie Avenue Renfrew PA4 0YL
Received 20 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0787/AD
Display of one non illuminated individual letter sign.
Linwood Community Sports Hub Brediland Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3RA
Received 19 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0786/LB
Shopfront alterations to front and side of commercial unit.
40 Old Sneddon Street Paisley PA3 2AL
Received 19 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0785/PP
Installation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse.
8 Crookhill Gardens Lochwinnoch PA12 4BB
Received 19 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0710/NO
Erection of residential development with ancillary roads, parking and landscaping
Site Bounded By Smithhills St Lawn St Abbey View And Weir St Paisley
Received 17 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0709/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
56 Crags Road Paisley PA2 6QT
Received 17 Oct 2019
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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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