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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.
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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 dates13,807Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,574 approved or refused records
519Refused applications
12,055 approved · 519 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Apr 2006 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0191/AD
Display of four digital freestanding signs and one digital booth screen
108 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4DU
Received 31 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0060/PP
External alterations to building
20 New Street Paisley PA1 1YA
Received 7 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0059/AD
Display of internally illuminated fascia, projecting and totem signs and non-illuminated internal displays
Site On Northern And Western Boundaries Of No 35 Renfrew Road Paisley
Received 7 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0058/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Merlinford Drive Renfrew PA4 8XP
Received 7 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0674/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Redhurst Way Paisley PA2 8PY
Received 29 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0672/PP
Erection of front boundary wall (in retrospect) and garden room to rear of dwelling
90 Bleasdale Road Renfrew PA4 8ZT
Received 28 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0475/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwelling
12 Claymore Drive Houston Johnstone PA6 7JR
Received 19 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0673/PP
Erection of single storey extension with raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
28 Balfron Road Paisley PA1 3HA
Received 29 Oct 2020 - Decided21/0086/PP
Erection of single storey extension to front and side of dwellinghouse
8 Nether Johnstone Small Holdings Milliken Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2AH
Received 10 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0085/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse. Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
66 Balgonie Avenue Paisley PA2 9LP
Received 10 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0243/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Cormorant Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7LW
Received 6 May 2020 - Decided20/0242/PP
Change of use from office building to clinical research and treatment centre
5 King's Inch Place Renfrew PA4 8WF
Received 6 May 2020 - Decided20/0050/LB
Demolition of gazebo
Main House Building Barnbeth House Clevans Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3RS
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0049/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with single storey annexe to side
10 Kilgraston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EN
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0048/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
56 Main Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4AJ
Received 4 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0128/CL
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
61 Ellon Way Paisley PA3 4BW
Received 27 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0127/PP
Replacement of shopfront
Unit A 67 High Street Paisley PA1 2AY
Received 27 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0216/PP
Erection of porch to front and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
7 Willow Drive Johnstone PA5 0DP
Received 16 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0214/PP
Erection of raised deck to rear of dwelling (in partial retrosepct)
27 Lounsdale Grove Paisley PA2 9LU
Received 16 Apr 2020 - Decided20/0261/PP
External alterations including new shop front glazing and siting of plant and machinery.
Unit 1 Renfrew Road Retail Park Wallneuk Road Paisley PA3 4BF
Received 14 May 2020 - Decided20/0640/LB
Internal and external alterations to listed building , including replacement of window with door at ground floor level and creation of opening in internal wall.
Ashtree House 7-9 Orr Square Paisley PA1 2DL
Received 14 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0747/PP
Formation of first floor balconies and associated alterations to front of dwellinghouse
11 St Margaret's Avenue Paisley PA3 4DL
Received 26 Nov 2020 - Decided21/0115/TC
Uplift lower branches of Lime tree, reduction of overhanging Willow by 25% and removal of Holly tree
35A Main Road Paisley PA2 6AN
Received 19 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0636/TP
Works to four trees and removal of four trees
Rear Of 5 Cunningham Gardens Houston Johnstone PA6 7GA
Received 12 Oct 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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