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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 dates13,917Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,681 approved or refused records
525Refused applications
12,156 approved · 525 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0024/CL
Use of premises as an MOT Testing Centre
Unit 1 99 Greenhill Road Paisley PA3 1RD
Received 20 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0023/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of flat
21 Newmains Road Renfrew PA4 0PS
Received 17 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0022/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
Avonoak Main Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9EF
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0021/PP
Erection of two storey extension with roof terrace to rear and side of dwellinghouse
22 Greenhead Road Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9QY
Received 16 Jan 2020 - Decided19/0843/PP
Erection of hotel with car parking, access, landscaping and other associated works.
Land To East Of No 1 Marchburn Drive Glasgow Airport Paisley
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0842/AD
Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs; two internally illuminated secondary signs; one internally illuminated directional sign; one non-illuminated painted roof sign; internally illuminated bin store lettering; five internally illuminated pos
4 Braille Crescent Renfrew PA4 0DJ
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0841/PP
Installation of two 250kW biomass boilers with associated housing, fuel stores and flues.
Main Depot And Recycling Centre Renfrewshire Council Depot Underwood Road Paisley PA3 1TL
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0840/PP
Erection of a motor vehicle dealership with service facilities, formation of access and associated landscaping and infrastructure works
Land To South Of M8 Motorway Mossland Road Hillington Park Glasgow
Received 13 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0777/PP
Erection of single storey rear and side extension to dwellinghouse
91 Bathgo Avenue Paisley PA1 3DZ
Received 13 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0776/TC
Felling of one Chestnut tree
Glenview Prieston Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AW
Received 13 Nov 2019 - Decided19/0838/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
49 Back O Hill Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7LD
Received 11 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0837/CC
Demolition of business / industrial use building and nursery
Hunter House 9-11 Hunter Street Paisley PA1 1DN
Received 11 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0762/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
37 Nith Drive Renfrew PA4 0UR
Received 6 Nov 2019 - Decided20/0277/TP
Felling of three lime trees, three sitka spruce, one sycamore and one Douglas Fir; thinning of group of alder trees to include removal of 12 trees; and pruning works to an additional 25 trees.
Site On Northern Boundary Of Gleniffer High School Gallacher Avenue Paisley
Received 4 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0278/PP
Erection of 10 glamping pods.
Bowfield Hotel And Country Club Bowfield Road Howwood Johnstone PA9 1DZ
Received 21 May 2020 - Decided20/0276/PP
Approval of matters in respect of condition 11 of planning permission in principle 18/0482/PP (erection of business park) - Contamination (phase plan)
Netherton Farm Abbotsinch Road Renfrew PA4 9PA
Received 21 May 2020 - Decided20/0275/PP
Change of use from offices to two flats including internal and external alterations. (First Floor)
Unit B 15 Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1DD
Received 20 May 2020 - Decided20/0274/LB
Internal and external alterations to listed building in association with change of use from offices to two flats.
Unit B 15 Gilmour Street Paisley PA1 1DD
Received 20 May 2020 - Decided20/0014/AD
Display of one internally illuminated wall-mounted sign, one externally illuminated wall-mounted sign, two externally illuminated handpainted signs, two non-illuminated wall-mounted signs, four window vinyl signs and three double-sided non-illuminated pos
Public House Bobbin Mill Griffin Avenue Paisley PA1 2BH
Received 13 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0013/AD
Application of non-illuminated vinyl branding to front, side and rear elevations of car windscreen repair pod and store
16 Thread Street Paisley
Received 10 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0012/PP
Erection of single storey commercial parade, single storey drive-thru unit, single storey refuse store, outdoor seating areas, car parking, access, pedestrian linkages and other associated works
Former Phoenix Industrial Estate 105 Inchinnan Road Paisley
Received 10 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0011/PP
Erection of car windscreen repair pod with associated store and canopy
16 Thread Street Paisley
Received 10 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0010/TP
Pruning of overhanging branches from two lime trees
Rear Of 33 Balgonie Woods Paisley PA2 6HW
Received 10 Jan 2020 - Decided21/0036/PP
Change of use of office (Class 2) to gym (Class 11)
6 Manse Street Renfrew PA4 8QH
Received 21 Jan 2021
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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