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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 dates13,887Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,651 approved or refused records
524Refused applications
12,127 approved · 524 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0833/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse.
129 Newtyle Road Paisley PA1 3LB
Received 31 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0650/PP
Erection of residential development comprising of 42 units with associated SUDS, roads, parking and landscaping
Former St James' Primary School Albert Road Renfrew
Received 20 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0649/TP
Removal of one sycamore and crown reduction and additional pruning works to two sycamores
24 Leeburn Avenue Houston Johnstone PA6 7DN
Received 20 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0648/CL
Conversion of two flats to form one dwellinghouse and external alterations to dwellinghouse
44 Colinslee Drive Paisley PA2 6QS
Received 19 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0499/PP
Erection of double garage to side of dwellinghouse
16A Auchengreoch Avenue Johnstone PA5 0RJ
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0382/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
18 Lamont Avenue Bishopton PA7 5LJ
Received 16 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0381/PP
Temporary siting of office / reception container
23 Pegasus Avenue Paisley PA1 2FE
Received 16 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0380/PP
Installation of an automated prescription collection machine and replacement shopfront
Unit B 75 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3PE
Received 16 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0647/PP
Erection of two storage units (Class 6)
33 Glebe Street Renfrew PA4 8UE
Received 19 Oct 2020 - Decided21/0147/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
4 Ingliston Drive Bishopton PA7 5JS
Received 1 Mar 2021 - Decided21/0172/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, additional alterations to include formation of glazed door and rooflights and erection of greenhouse (in part retrospect)
Burnbrae Cottage Low Barholm Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2ET
Received 8 Mar 2021 - Decided20/0105/PP
Erection of storage/workshop shed (in retrospect)
Site On North Western Boundary Of Scrap Yard Rannoch Road Johnstone
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0104/PP
Erection of 1.45m high fence and access gate.
Site On Western Boundary Of Nos 13 To 17 Anderson Drive Renfrew
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0103/PP
Conversion of garage to habitable accommodation and installation of windows
Kilfillan Houston Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7BA
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0102/PP
Formation of commercial fishery with associated access, parking, modular building and landscaping.
Land At Haddockston Estate West Glen Road Houston Johnstone
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided20/0101/PP
Construction of 2.5m wide shared use path and installation of access control bollard
Site 80 Metres West Of 13 East Fulton Holdings Gilmartin Road Linwood Paisley
Received 20 Feb 2020 - Decided21/0012/TP
Felling of one lime tree
65 Thorndene Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9DD
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0011/DS
Modification of Section 75 planning obligation (Clause 5.3 and 5.4 relating to completion and delivery of the Primary School) relating to planning permission 17/0393/PP and 17/0394/PP (including original planning permissions 06/0602/PP, 12/0584/PP and 17
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 13 Jan 2021 - Decided20/0538/CL
Partial conversion of garage for dog grooming purposes
Holmcroft 21 Hazelwood Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EW
Received 7 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0537/PP
Use of attic space as flatted dwelling and external alterations including construction of a flat roof to rear, replacement windows and installation of two dormer windows to the front.
Flat 2/2 44 Causeyside Street Paisley PA1 1YH
Received 7 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0258/PP
Erection of one and a half storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
53 St Andrews Drive Bridge Of Weir PA11 3HU
Received 13 May 2020 - Decided20/0257/PP
Amendments to planning permission Ref: 19/0449/PP to change flat roof to pitched roof.
6 Moredun Drive Paisley PA2 9LW
Received 13 May 2020 - Decided20/0256/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Rock Drive Kilbarchan Johnstone PA10 2HF
Received 13 May 2020 - Decided20/0255/PP
Formation of three dormers on front elevation of dwellinghouse, erection of single storey extension to side and erection of two and a half storey extension incorporating lower ground floor and balconies to rear and erection of fencing
164 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3LU
Received 13 May 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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