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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates13,700Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,475 approved or refused records
516Refused applications
11,959 approved · 516 refused · 477 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/0160/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
12 Balmoral Drive Bishopton PA7 5HR
Received 4 Mar 2021 - Decided21/0159/PP
Extension to existing ball stop safety fence.
Golf Course Old Ranfurly Golf Club Ranfurly Place Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DE
Received 3 Mar 2021 - Decided21/0158/PP
Formation of dormer window to front of dwellinghouse
40 Renshaw Road Bishopton PA7 5HL
Received 3 Mar 2021 - Decided20/0578/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, and conversion of integral garage with associated external alterations.
57 Donaldswood Park Paisley PA2 8RT
Received 21 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0174/PP
Change of use of Class 1 (retail) to coffee shop Class 3 (food and drink)
Paisley Gilmour Street Railway Station Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1BS
Received 18 Mar 2020 - Decided21/0169/PP
Erection of fence to front of dwellinghouse.
17 Glenhouse Crescent Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9BS
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided21/0168/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and dormer windows to the rear.
Risk Cottage Beith Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1DN
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided20/0353/NO
Erection of an Energy Management Facility
Site 400 Metres North West Of Sergeantlaw Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 26 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0352/PP
Erection of single storey extension to the side and rear of dwellinghouse
68 Back O Hill Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7LE
Received 6 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0512/PP
Erection of first floor extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Renshaw Road Bishopton PA7 5HN
Received 27 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0511/CL
Erection of single storey extension and detached garage to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Lamont Avenue Bishopton PA7 5LJ
Received 27 Aug 2020 - Decided21/0157/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
5 Darvel Crescent Paisley PA1 3EF
Received 3 Mar 2021 - Decided20/0577/TP
Crown reduce and prune one Lime tree
13 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DA
Received 21 Sept 2020 - Decided21/0009/PP
Approval of matters specified in condition 51 of planning permission 06/0602/PP (Engineering and landscape works associated with formation of the second stage of Dargavel Park)
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0008/PP
Installation of replacement windows to front, sides and rear of dwellinghouse. Erection of gates and extension of existing driveway
26 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SE
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0007/PP
Erection of conservatory to rear of flatted delling (in retrospect).
Flat B/1 1 Windsor Place Main Street Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AF
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0111/PP
Installation of garden room to side of dwellinghouse
18 Victoria Road Paisley PA2 9PT
Received 18 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0110/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Anderson Road Bishopton PA7 5EN
Received 18 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0179/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
14 Lochy Place Erskine PA8 6AY
Received 19 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0813/LB
Demolition of C listed dormitory block.
St Joseph's Nursing Home Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DY
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0812/PP
Formation of dormer to front of dwellinghouse
5 Parkhill Drive Lochwinnoch PA12 4EN
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0811/PP
Installation of replacement windows
Flat 1/1 33 High Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EG
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0810/AD
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign
Unit B Braehead Retail Park 166 King's Inch Drive Renfrew Glasgow G51 4BT
Received 18 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0066/PP
Change of use from toilet block to Shop (Class 1) and external alterations
Robertson Park Inchinnan Road Renfrew
Received 10 Feb 2020
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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