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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 dates13,936Searchable applications
147Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 12,700 approved or refused records
528Refused applications
12,172 approved · 528 refused · 482 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided21/0053/PP
Erection of single storey extension and raised decking to the rear of dwellinhouse
Glencoe Cottage Hagg Crescent Johnstone PA5 8TA
Received 27 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0052/PP
Erection of two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
23 Semple Avenue Lochwinnoch PA12 4BG
Received 27 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0051/NO
Erection of Waste Tyre Processing and Recycling Plant with associated access, parking and infrastructure proposals.
2 Lyon Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3BQ
Received 27 Jan 2021 - Decided20/0555/LB
Replacement double glazed wooden sash and casement windows to front of listed building
23A High Street Lochwinnoch PA12 4DB
Received 14 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0554/PP
Erection of raised decking to rear of dwellinghouse (in retrospect).
10 Fleming Road Houston Johnstone PA6 7EU
Received 14 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0553/PP
Change of use from tattoo parlour (Class 2) to hot/cold food takeaway and installation of external extract flue to rear of building
6B Glasgow Road Paisley PA1 3QA
Received 14 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0552/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side and rear and erection of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
28 Penilee Road Paisley PA1 3AX
Received 11 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0551/PP
Erection of hot food takeaway with internal and external seating areas and associated access and parking
Site On Western Boundary Of No 301 Gallowhill Road Paisley
Received 11 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0550/PP
Erection of single storey extension on south elevation of dwellinghouse
6 St Abbs Drive Paisley PA2 9HU
Received 11 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0549/CL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
19 Parkvale Place Erskine PA8 7LF
Received 11 Sept 2020 - Decided20/0799/PP
Formation of dormer to front of dwellinghouse
37 Finch Place Johnstone PA5 0RL
Received 16 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0798/PP
Erection of single storey outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse
54 Balmoral Road Elderslie Johnstone PA5 9RA
Received 15 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0797/PP
Change of use of industrial unit (Class 5) to gym (Class 11) (in retrospect)
3E Lyon Road Linwood Paisley PA3 3BQ
Received 15 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0796/CL
Relocation of door on dwellinghouse, demolition of boiler house and enlargement of existing vehicular access
Vanessa Johnshill Lochwinnoch PA12 4EH
Received 14 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0795/PP
Change of use of light industrial unit with retail element to hot food takeaway with associated installation of flue to rear.
3 Alice Street Paisley PA2 6DR
Received 14 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0794/PP
Change of use from amenity ground to private garden ground in order to form driveway to side of dwellinghouse
4 Iona Road Renfrew PA4 0DZ
Received 14 Dec 2020 - Decided20/0491/PP
Construction of access track
Greenside Farm Johnstone
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0490/PP
use of attached farm building as micro brewery
Farm House Mid Glen Farm West Glen Road Langbank Port Glasgow PA14 6YL
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0489/CL
Replacement of porch to rear of dwellinghouse with larger single storey extension to accommodate family room
4 Shanks Crescent Johnstone PA5 8PG
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0488/PP
Erection of two storey extension and installation of decking to side, erection of first floor extension to side, and installation of two dormer windows and glazed door to rear with associated external alterations
Ochtertyre Gryffe Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3AL
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0487/CL
Proposed loft conversion with installation on rooflights to front and rear and installation of french doors to rear
4 Kinpurnie Road Paisley PA1 3HH
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided20/0486/TP
Pruning of Chestnut tree
10 Tantallon Drive Paisley PA2 9JS
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided21/0050/PP
Erection of dormer to rear of dwellinghouse
Ferndean Torr Road Bridge Of Weir PA11 3BE
Received 22 Jan 2021 - Decided21/0049/PP
Erection of single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
23 Rosewood Avenue Paisley PA2 9NJ
Received 27 Jan 2021
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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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