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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 dates13,854Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,619 approved or refused records
522Refused applications
12,097 approved · 522 refused · 481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided19/0881/PP
Erection of two storey storage building, extensions to warehouse, external alterations and formation of service access road
3 Fountain Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RF
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0826/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear and formation of window to side of dwellinghouse
19 Alexandra Drive Paisley PA2 9DS
Received 4 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0825/PP
Conversion of existing building to a single storey dwellinghouse with shared access and parking and private garden
Midton Lodge Midton Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1AG
Received 3 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0824/PP
Erection of car supermarket with sales building, ancillary workshop building, security office, vehicle sales hardstandings, parking hardstandings and associated customer / service access.
Land At Pegasus Avenue Griffen Avenue Linwood Road Paisley
Received 3 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0823/PP
Change of use from Retail (Class 1) to dog daycare and training facility (Sui Generis)
8-10 Orchard Street Renfrew PA4 8RL
Received 3 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0822/PP
Erection of two storey side extension and associated works
2 Broomlands Way Erskine PA8 7BJ
Received 2 Dec 2019 - Decided20/0112/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
5 Glenvilla Wynd Paisley PA2 8TR
Received 21 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0111/CL
Change of use from retail (Class 1) to cafe (Class 3) and formation of outdoor seating area
Unit A 71 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YT
Received 21 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0110/TP
Canopy lifting and crown reduction works to one lime tree
Sites 40 Metres North West Of Junction With Brierie Hill Road Brierie Hills Court Crosslee Johnstone
Received 21 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0109/PP
Replacement of roof and glazed sections of conservatory to side of flat and alteration to hard surfacing within site curtilage
Flat 0/1 23 Thornly Park Avenue Paisley PA2 7SD
Received 21 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0108/LB
Internal and external alterations to building to form roof terrace/outdoor seating area
Public House The Last Post County Square Paisley PA1 1BP
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0107/PP
Formation of roof terrace/outdoor seating area and external alterations to building
Public House The Last Post County Square Paisley PA1 1BP
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0705/LB
Amendment to planning permission 19/0119/LB (Conversion of B listed church to form 17 flats, internal alterations including demolition of flue and associated infrastructure works) including amendment to internal layouts, relocation of vents and flue terminals and alterations to windows.
Main Building Kilbarchan West Parish Church Church Street Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2JJ
Received 10 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0519/TP
Felling of one Scots pine and two sycamores
Bridge Of Weir Primary School Warlock Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3QB
Received 31 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0518/PP
Change of use from bed and breakfast to dwellinghouse
92 Renfrew Road Paisley PA3 4BJ
Received 31 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0517/TP
Treeworks to 2 trees
5 Acacia Drive Paisley PA2 9LS
Received 31 Aug 2020 - Decided19/0691/PP
Erection of 2 steeples to side of church including the erection of 1 roof steeple, painting of facades, general maintenance and formation of carpark.
17 George Street Paisley PA1 2LB
Received 14 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0687/AD
Display of one illuminated advertisement hoarding and one non-illuminated logo sign
31 Abercorn Street Paisley PA3 4AL
Received 10 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0686/PP
Siting of temporary two-storey modular building
4 Cartside Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RX
Received 10 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0685/LB
Erection of 2 steeples to side of church including the erection of 1 roof steeple, painting of facades and general maintenance.
17 George Street Paisley PA1 2LB
Received 10 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0684/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
5 Quarrelton Grove Johnstone PA5 8LJ
Received 10 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0682/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
5 Gordon Avenue Bishopton PA7 5EX
Received 10 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0681/PP
Conversion of vacant nursing home to form 17 flats with associated parking and landscaping.
Priory Park Nursing Home 19-21 Main Road Paisley PA2 6AJ
Received 10 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0677/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation
16 Barmore Crescent Bishopton PA7 5QU
Received 30 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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