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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 dates13,869Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,634 approved or refused records
523Refused applications
12,111 approved · 523 refused · 481 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided19/0733/PP
Erection of detached shed/store to rear of dwellinghouse
Kilfillan Houston Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7BA
Received 28 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0653/EO
Request for screening opinion as to the requirement for an Environmental Impact Assessment for a residential development
Wallneuk Road Paisley
Received 21 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0427/LB
Alteration to building comprising demolition of attached workshop.
52-54 Love Street Paisley PA3 2DY
Received 4 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0426/PP
Erection of shed to side of dwellinghouse
Abbanoy Lodge Kibbleston Road Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2PW
Received 4 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0160/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Crossways Houston Johnstone PA6 7DG
Received 11 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0159/LB
Installation of security grilles over shopfront entrance
Unit 38 Paisley Centre Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1UN
Received 10 Mar 2020 - Decided20/0720/CL
Formation of door to side, formation of window to rear and internal alterations to dwellinghouse
10 Ninian Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7JF
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0718/PP
Variation of wording for Condition 2 of planning permission 18/0429/PP to read "That the permission hereby granted is for a temporary period only and shall expire on 19 September 2025." Remainder of condition to remain the same.
Lagoon Leisure Centre 11 Christie Street Paisley PA1 1NB
Received 17 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0589/TP
Felling of one beech tree
Rear Of 19 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 8 Oct 2020 - Decided19/0808/CL
Installation of French doors and blocking up of existing doorway to rear elevation of dwellinghouse
116 Newtyle Road Paisley PA1 3LB
Received 28 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0807/AD
Display of illuminated fascia, drive thru directional and monument signage
Unit D 1 Pegasus Avenue Paisley PA1 2BH
Received 27 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0806/PP
Demolition of existing commerical buildings and erection of five storey student accommodation
Hunter House 9-11 Hunter Street Paisley PA1 1DN
Received 27 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0755/PP
Change of use from Class 10 (Non-residential institution) to Class 3 Restaurant (with ancillary takeaway) and external alterations to building
57 Broomlands Street Paisley PA1 2NH
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0754/CL
External alterations to dwellinghouse to form window and door openings
39 Southfield Avenue Paisley PA2 8BX
Received 5 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0753/PP
Formation of vehicular access to filling station and alterations to forecourt
479 Hillington Road Hillington Park Glasgow G52 4BL
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0752/PP
Erection of dwellinghouse for B&B accommodation, managers accommodation, and pet boarding lodges for dogs and cats
Land To East Of Old Barn Houston Road Houston Johnstone
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0751/AF
Prior notification for erection of agricultural shed
Hole Farm House Kilbirnie Road Lochwinnoch PA12 4DY
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0750/PP
Conversion of integral garage to form a habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation of dwellinghouse
11 Laymoor Place Renfrew PA4 8ZP
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0749/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 96 dwellings, with associated open space, roads, access, landscaping, engineering and infrastructure works.
40 Rannoch Road Johnstone PA5 0SP
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided20/0015/PP
Use of a polytunnel for housing and breeding poultry (in retrospect).
Padua Old Howwood Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1AF
Received 13 Jan 2020 - Decided19/0723/PA
Overhead lines and steel tower
Neilston Grid Electricity Sub - Station Complex Gleniffer Road Paisley
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0722/PP
Formation of pitched roof over integral garage and erection of single storey extension to rear of garage
32 Ballater Drive Paisley PA2 7SH
Received 23 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0721/PP
Extension to front of Arts Centre including external alterations.
Paisley Arts Centre New Street Paisley PA1 1EZ
Received 22 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0720/LB
Extension to Arts Centre including internal and external alterations.
Paisley Arts Centre New Street Paisley PA1 1EZ
Received 22 Oct 2019
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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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