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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 dates13,737Searchable applications
141Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,511 approved or refused records
517Refused applications
11,994 approved · 517 refused · 478 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0363/CL
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
43 Speirs Road Johnstone PA5 8HX
Received 9 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0364/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and alteration to roof
The Old Manse Church Manse Lane Bridge Of Weir PA11 3NZ
Received 9 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0362/PP
Demolition of existing building and erection of residential development comprising eleven dwellinghouses and thirty eight flats with associated roads, parking & infrastructure
2 Lonend Paisley PA1 1SS
Received 8 Jul 2020 - Decided21/0078/PP
External alterations to dwellinghouse to include removal of porch, installation of glazed doors, infilling of two window openings and removal of flue
Ardgillian Collace Avenue Bridge Of Weir PA11 3DG
Received 5 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0077/PP
Installation of landfill infrastructure (temporary consent until 1st January 2030)
Batching Plant Barnhill Branscroft Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2LX
Received 4 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0627/PP
Formation of dormers on front, side and rear elevations of dwellinghouse and erection of single storey extension to rear
71 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9AZ
Received 9 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0414/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear and single storey extensions to front and rear and external alterations
Moss Side East Tandlehill Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PL
Received 29 Jul 2020 - Decided21/0076/TP
Lopping of branches from one tree
44 Linn Park Gardens Johnstone PA5 8LH
Received 4 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0019/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Station Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YA
Received 15 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0018/CL
Erection of two industrial units
Site Between Nos 433 And 443 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 15 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0017/PP
Erection of five industrial units
Yard A Walkinshaw Street Johnstone
Received 14 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0016/LB
Internal and external alterations to waiting room/kiosk
Kiosk - Platforms 2 And 3 Paisley Gilmour Street Railway Station Gilmour Street Paisley
Received 14 Jan 2020 - Decided19/0644/PP
Installation of plant with associated boundary wall.
India Of Inchinnan Greenock Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9LH
Received 26 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0643/CL
Alterations to rear elevation to form window and door and formation of rooflights on side and rear elevations
39 South Avenue Paisley PA2 7SG
Received 26 Sept 2019 - Decided19/0642/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse (in principle).
18 Dykebar Crescent Paisley PA2 7AB
Received 26 Sept 2019 - Decided20/0386/AD
Display of two externally illuminated fascia signs and one non illuminated fascia sign, three externally illuminated box signs, one externally illuminated freestanding sign and one externally illuminated entrance sign
Public House 1 Hillhead Drive Paisley PA3 3FE
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0385/PP
Formation of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse
24 Atholl Crescent Paisley PA1 3AW
Received 20 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0384/AF
Prior notification for erection of agricultural shed
Lawmarnock Farm Lawmarnock Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PX
Received 17 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0383/PP
Erection of decking to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Auchmannoch Avenue Paisley PA1 3AG
Received 17 Jul 2020 - Decided21/0093/PP
Installation of two replacement windows to rear elevation of flatted property
Flat 1/1 16 Greenlaw Avenue Paisley PA1 3RA
Received 12 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0092/PP
Alterations to shopfront
Unit A 63 High Street Paisley PA1 2AS
Received 11 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0186/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and erection of garage to side
Anchorage Hagg Crescent Johnstone PA5 8TA
Received 25 Mar 2020 - Decided21/0082/PP
Retrospective Change of Use form residential (Class 9) to day care nursery (Class 10)
11 Walkinshaw Street Johnstone PA5 8AF
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0819/TP
Remove overhanging branches of one sycamore tree
21 Cherrywood Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9EE
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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