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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates13,945Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,708 approved or refused records
528Refused applications
12,180 approved · 528 refused · 483 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0494/PP
Alteration to conservatory roof and erection of raised decking with timber screen to rear of dwellinghouse
67 Southwold Road Paisley PA1 3AL
Received 25 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0493/AF
Erection of agricultural buildings.
Site 50 Metres North Of Barnbrock Farm Auchencloich Road Kilbarchan Johnstone
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0492/PP
Change of use from industrial unit to dance studio (in retrospect)
Unit 5 27 Brown Street Renfrew PA4 8HW
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0407/PP
Erection of single storey outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse for use as home gym and office
104 Roffey Park Road Paisley PA1 3ET
Received 27 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0406/TC
Fell one Beech tree
11A Low Road Paisley PA2 6AQ
Received 27 Jul 2020 - Decided19/0865/NO
Erection of residential development with associated roads, infrastructure and landscaping
Site Between Fordbank Stables And Corseford Avenue Johnstone
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0856/TP
Reduction in height of one birch tree, one cherry tree and one ash tree
To Rear 34/36 Hillfoot Houston Johnstone PA6 7NS
Received 18 Dec 2019 - Decided19/0866/PP
Erection of residential development comprising 46 dwellinghouses
Land At Phoenix Park Linwood Road Paisley
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided21/0004/PP
Erection of upper floor extension, single storey rear extension and detached garage.
69 Old Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5BE
Received 8 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0003/PP
Shopfront alterations to include the installation of an automated prescription dispenser
179 Main Road Elderslie Johnstone
Received 7 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0002/CL
Conversion of integral garage to form habitable room with associated alterations to front elevation. External alterations to rear elevation
10 Glen Gavin Way Paisley PA2 7DF
Received 6 Jan 2021 - Decided20/0020/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
53 Newtyle Road Paisley PA1 3JX
Received 14 Jan 2020 - Decided20/0744/CL
Erection of single storey side and rear extensions
55 Douglas Avenue Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9ND
Received 26 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0739/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear and single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
14 Crawford Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7DA
Received 25 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0738/PP
Erection of conservatory and raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
21 St Andrew's Road Renfrew PA4 0SU
Received 25 Nov 2020 - Decided20/0568/TP
Crown reduction of one Beech and one Sycamore tree
17 Brierie Hill Road Crosslee Johnstone PA6 7AD
Received 17 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0567/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
114 The Wickets Paisley PA1 1TB
Received 17 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0566/PP
Erection of two storey extension to the side and single storey extension to the rear of dwellinghouse
17 Ben More Drive Paisley PA2 7NS
Received 17 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0737/PP
Change of use from educational and vocational training facility to gym (Class 11)
Unit M Floors Street Industrial Estate 17 Floors Street Johnstone PA5 8PE
Received 24 Nov 2020 - Decided19/0704/PP
Demolition of existing extension and erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse.
Dunmore Thomson Avenue Johnstone PA5 8SU
Received 16 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0702/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 17 (revised Flood Risk Assessment, Drainage Strategy Revisions Report and SUDS Design and Maintenance Manual) of Planning Permission in principle 17/0394/PP.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 16 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0701/PP
Approval of Matters Specified in Condition 15 (revised Flood Risk Assessment, Drainage Strategy Revisions Report and SUDS Design and Maintenance Manual) of Planning Permission in principle 17/0393/PP.
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 16 Oct 2019 - Decided19/0699/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
40 Earlshill Drive Howwood Johnstone PA9 1DT
Received 15 Oct 2019 - Decided20/0681/TP
Felling of one yew tree
Houston House Kirk Road Houston Johnstone
Received 3 Nov 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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