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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 dates13,720Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,495 approved or refused records
516Refused applications
11,979 approved · 516 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided19/0708/PP
Change of use of St James Church to office (class 4) and storage (class 6).
St James' Church 30 Underwood Road Paisley PA3 1TL
Received 17 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0598/PP
Erection of raised deck and increase in height of fencing to three metres
24 Dalmahoy Crescent Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JB
Received 29 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0597/PP
Erection of residential development, comprising fifty nine dwellinghouses and twenty flats with ancillary roads, parking, and landscaping
Reid Linwood Building 48 Napier Street Linwood Paisley
Received 28 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0430/AD
Display of two freestanding digital advertising hoardings
Advertising Station No 50 Maxwellton Street Paisley
Received 5 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0425/PP
Change of use of office (Class 4) to dwellinghouse (Class 9), erection of conservatory, detached garage, boundary fence and access gate
Mid Dykebar Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 31 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0423/PP
Erection of garage to side of dwellinghouse
14 Donaldfield Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JJ
Received 3 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0422/PP
Erection of single storey outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse to accommodate home office
60 Gleniffer Road Renfrew PA4 0QX
Received 3 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0421/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
36 Donaldfield Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3JF
Received 3 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0418/EB
Replacement of 11kv overhead line
Gleniffer Braes Country Park Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 30 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0420/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
16 Braemar Crescent Paisley PA2 7RY
Received 31 Jul 2020 - Decided21/0116/TP
Felling of one Sycamore tree
22 Yew Place Johnstone PA5 0DY
Received 24 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0390/PP
Demolition of existing rear extension and erection of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension.
9 Craigielea Road Renfrew PA4 8ER
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0389/PP
Conversion of outbuilding to form dwellinghouse
62 Beith Road Johnstone PA5 8LQ
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0248/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
85 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AB
Received 11 May 2020 - Decided20/0207/PP
Erection of single storey extension
5 Moorburn Place Linwood Paisley PA3 3SH
Received 9 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0064/PP
Installation of underground pipes in association with Ground Source Heat Pump.
Braemount Care Home 21 Donaldswood Road Paisley PA2 8EA
Received 10 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0063/CL
External alterations to dwellinghouse comprising of the full and partial removal and infilling of two windows
2 Glen Road Bishopton PA7 5EJ
Received 10 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0062/LB
External alterations to building
20 New Street Paisley PA1 1YA
Received 10 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0158/PP
Erection of one and half storey extension with dormer to rear of dwellinghouse and formation of dormer on front elevation
2 Pentland Crescent Paisley PA2 8BS
Received 10 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0388/PP
Erection of rear extension (amendment to planning approval 20/0193/PP)
22 Kinloch Road Renfrew PA4 0RJ
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0387/PP
Formation of outdoor seating area, erection of barn structure and formation of boundary wall.
Public House 1 Hillhead Drive Paisley PA3 3FE
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided21/0096/CL
Residential development comprising 39 dwellinghouses with associated road, footway and services works.
Site Between Palmerston Place And Auchengreoch Road Johnstone
Received 15 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0095/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
81 Nethergreen Wynd Renfrew PA4 8HT
Received 15 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0084/PP
Variation of wording for Condition 3 of planning permission 18/0482/PP to read "That all subsequent applications for Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions, shall be generally in accordance with the parameters set out in the Illustrative Masterplan & Schedule of Uses (January 2021) and supporting documents. For the avoidance of doubt the quantum of development as set out in the Transport Assessment (SWECO June 2018) shall not be exceeded unless otherwise agreed in writing by Renfrewshire Council as Planning Authority."
Netherton Farm Abbotsinch Road Renfrew PA4 9PA
Received 8 Feb 2021
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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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