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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 dates13,772Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,540 approved or refused records
518Refused applications
12,022 approved · 518 refused · 478 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 2006 to 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0818/PP
Alterations to frontage and single storey extension to side elevation
1 George Street Howwood Johnstone PA9 1AR
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0817/PP
Alteration to front elevation of dwellinghouse to accommodate conversion of integral garage
51 Hillhead Drive Paisley PA3 3FE
Received 21 Dec 2020 - Decided19/0790/EN
Demolition of redundant boilerhouse and formation of additional exit lanes and associated landscaping
International Airport Caledonia Way Glasgow Airport Paisley PA3 2TD
Received 21 Nov 2019 - Decided20/0221/PP
Erection of two detached dwellinghouses and associated works
Mid Dykebar Dykebar Hospital Grahamston Road Paisley
Received 22 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0413/PP
Installation of Air Source Heat Pump and Electric Vehicle Charging Point
The East Wing Formakin Estate Houston Road Bishopton PA7 5NX
Received 29 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0412/LB
Installation of Air Source Heat Pump and Electric Vehicle Charging Point
The East Wing Formakin Estate Houston Road Bishopton PA7 5NX
Received 29 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0092/PP
Installation of security grilles over shopfront entrance
Unit 38 Paisley Centre Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UN
Received 18 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0091/PP
Extension of existing garage to form additional storage space. New roof proposed over existing and proposed garage areas.
7 Morriston Crescent Renfrew PA4 0XW
Received 18 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0090/LB
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse, formation of rooflights on front elevation, formation of dormers on rear elevation and associated internal alterations
Clovenstone Calderside Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LB
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0089/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse and formation of three dormers and raised patio to rear
Clovenstone Calderside Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4LB
Received 17 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0171/PP
Formation of vehicle delivery and storage compound with associated works, including boundary fencing.
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 13 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0170/PP
Change of use of open space to garden ground and erection of two storey side extension to dwellinghouse.
5M North Road Johnstone PA5 8NQ
Received 13 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0169/TP
Removal of one oak tree
4 Gryfebank Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7LZ
Received 13 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0168/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 28 dwellinghouses with associated access and landscaping works
Mar Hall Mar Hall Drive Bishopton PA7 5NW
Received 13 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0167/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Loanhead Farm Boydstone Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4JU
Received 13 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0684/HH
Application for a high hedge notice
Fairhill House 66 Amochrie Road Paisley
Received 9 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0683/PP
Change of use from vacant shop to two duplex flats and external alterations
56 Barterholm Road Paisley PA2 6PD
Received 4 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0459/TP
Crown reduction works to one birch and one ash tree
25 Langside Drive Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2EL
Received 17 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0458/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Corsebar Crescent Paisley PA2 9QA
Received 17 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0457/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
9 Roundhouse Circle Renfrew PA4 8FL
Received 17 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0456/AD
Display of one freestanding digital advertising hoarding
Advertising Stations S6558 And S6559 Lonend Paisley
Received 14 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0455/PP
Erection of two storey extension with raised patio to rear of dwellinghouse, formation of dormer on side elevation and enlargement of dormer on front elevation
32 King's Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9LY
Received 14 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0682/PP
Erection of summerhouse to rear of dwellinghouse and relocation of side boundary fence (in retrospect)
149 Mainscroft Erskine PA8 7AP
Received 4 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0816/CL
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse to form en suite
6 South Mound Houston Johnstone PA6 7DX
Received 21 Dec 2020
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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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