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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 dates13,930Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,694 approved or refused records
528Refused applications
12,166 approved · 528 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/0397/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Hazelwood Main Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6XP
Received 22 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0396/PP
Erection of warehouse and formation of service yard extension
3 Fountain Drive Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RF
Received 22 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0395/PP
Erection of sunroom extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Lyndhurst Bankend Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3EU
Received 22 Jul 2020 - Decided20/0343/TP
Pruning of seven trees
26 Cunningham Gardens Houston Johnstone PA6 7GA
Received 29 Jun 2020 - Decided21/0072/TP
Treeworks including removal of 5 x sycamores, 1 x lime, 1 x leylandi, 1 x conifer , 1 x larch and 1 x birch within rear garden areas and adjacent woodland area including general maintenance.
Balgonie Estate Tpo Balgonie Avenue Paisley
Received 3 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0071/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Castlehill Crescent Renfrew PA4 8RY
Received 3 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0070/PP
Erection of two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
70 Fauldshead Road Renfrew PA4 0RU
Received 3 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0068/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
31 Lochy Place Erskine PA8 6AY
Received 3 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0105/PP
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
342 Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3BH
Received 17 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0063/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
99 Newtyle Road Paisley PA1 3JY
Received 1 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0062/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised patio to rear of dwellinghouse
24 Millbank Drive Bishopton PA7 5NG
Received 1 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0061/CL
External alterations to front of dwellinghouse
55 Sandielands Avenue Erskine PA8 7BS
Received 1 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0060/PP
Formation of dormers to front and rear and erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
42 Greenock Road Paisley PA3 2LE
Received 1 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0059/PP
Change of use and alterations of outbuildings to form offices (Class 4) and associated external works.
Johnstone Police Station Quarry Street Johnstone PA5 8DY
Received 1 Feb 2021 - Decided21/0058/PP
Erection of detached garage with home gym to rear of dwellinghouse
102 Crookston Drive Paisley PA1 3DB
Received 1 Feb 2021 - Decided20/0631/PP
Erection of recycling shed and increase in throughput of recycling material from 22,575 tonnes to a maximum of 75,000 tonnes.
6 Newmains Avenue Inchinnan Renfrew PA4 9RR
Received 9 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0630/PP
Approval of matters specified in condition 51 of planning permission 06/0602/PP (Engineering works with associated footpaths, boundary fencing and landscaping to form Central Park).
Royal Ordnance Station Road Bishopton PA7 5NJ
Received 9 Oct 2020 - Decided20/0556/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
18 Locher Way Houston Johnstone PA6 7AH
Received 14 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0319/CL
Installation of french doors to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Yew Place Johnstone PA5 0DY
Received 15 Jun 2020 - Decided20/0342/PP
Erection of four holiday lodges with associated access
Undercraig Cottage Undercraig Farm Old Greenock Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YS
Received 26 Jun 2020 - Decided21/0057/CL
Erection of single storey garage to side of dwellinghouse
69 Greenock Road Bishopton PA7 5JD
Received 29 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0056/PP
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
35 Lismore Drive Paisley PA2 8JD
Received 29 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0055/PP
Erection of three flagpoles
Erskine Home Erskine Hospital Bishopton PA7 5PU
Received 28 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0054/PP
Erection of single storey side extension and raised patio to rear of dwellinghouse.
12 Hallhill Road Johnstone PA5 0SG
Received 28 Jan 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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